Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on CNN’s State of the Union on Sunday that Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits, which impacts roughly 42 million Americans, could resume as soon as Wednesday. His comments come days after two federal judges ruled that the administration must use contingency funds to make SNAP payments.

The administration could use $5 billion in emergency funds and tariff revenue. Republican and Democratic lawmakers remain at a stalemate on finding a government funding solution to end what is now the second-longest shutdown in U.

With food-stamp funding set to lapse Saturday, recipients are asking what happens to their benefits — and when help might resume.

Low-income families reliant on the SNAP food program are on edge and many are having to visit food pantries as SNAP funds dry up. The Food Depot Executive Director Jill Dixon joins Alex Witt to share what her food bank is experiencing and what she’s hearing from residents.

A federal judge in Rhode Island has ordered the Trump administration to distribute SNAP contingency money "as soon as possible."

It's a shutdown unlike any other, one that has posed disparate and debilitating risks for those unlucky enough to depend on the many functions of government that Trump has long aspired to cut.

Governor Maura Healey called on President Donald Trump to release the contingency funds for SNAP users during an interview on "Face the Nation" on Sunday.

Government shutdown threatens SNAP benefits for 42 million Americans as funding expires Saturday, leaving low-income families without food assistance.