President Trump suggested he would provide funding for SNAP benefits – if he gets clarification from the judge who ordered his administration to use contingency funds to pay for the program. Democratic Mayor of Allentown,

The pain of the shutdown is being felt by millions of other Americans as the federal government enters Day 32 of a funding squabble.

Two federal judge have ruled that the Trump administration must continue to fund the SNAP food aid program using emergency reserve funds during the government shutdown.

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.

In North Carolina, approximately 1.4 million people depend on SNAP benefits to feed themselves and their families.

However, with the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, in jeopardy, Rutledge worries about having to turn away hungry customers. He, like other farmers, depends heavily on SNAP for revenue.

In the map above, WMUR analyzed data compiled by the New Hampshire Fiscal Policy Institute that shows the number people who opt into SNAP by town, based on 2024 population data and 2025 SNAP enrollment figures.

Late Friday, Trump indicated that he would fund SNAP, but noted that they would be delayed for the month of November.