Nearly 5 million food stamp recipients will not receive any benefits in November under the plan the Trump administration issued Tuesday to comply with a court order, according to a new analysis.

USDA Deputy Secretary Stephen Vaden confirms the agency is preparing assistance that will be released once the government gets back to work.

Senators repeatedly failed to pass a continuing resolution that would fund federal agencies and services including SNAP, also known as food stamps.

The Trump administration told a federal judge Monday it will deplete a contingency fund to pay a portion of food stamp benefits in November.

While the USDA’s notice focuses on maintaining equal treatment among shoppers, state-level changes to SNAP are also on the horizon. Texas and several other states are preparing to restrict purchases of certain “junk food” and soft drinks with SNAP benefits beginning in 2026.

Two federal judges told the U.S. Department of Agriculture it must begin using contingency funds to provide food assistance, but gave the agency until Monday to decide exactly how to do so.

The North Dakota Department of Public Instruction aims to better comply with regulatory changes in federal school lunch and breakfast programs, which require state schools to make meals with less sodium and sugar.

At a press conference carried by Forbes Breaking News, Rollins said SNAP has become “so bloated, so broken, so dysfunctional, so corrupt” under the last administration that the scale of problems is “astonishing” when you dig in. She framed the moment as a national wake-up call and promised aggressive reform, from eligibility to enforcement.