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CNN 5 Things

SNAP Benefits Rulings, Disney Drops Channels, Gold Toilet Auction and more

CNN 5 Things

CNN

News, Daily News

3.71.3K Ratings

🗓️ 31 October 2025

⏱️ 6 minutes

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We start with rulings on coverage for food stamp benefits amid the government shutdown. We’ll tell you about President Donald Trump’s noteworthy absence from a major Asian summit. Conditions at an ICE facility in the Chicago-area are at the center of a new lawsuit. Bad news for YouTube TV subscribers. Plus, how much would you pay for a gold toilet? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Hey from CNN. I'm a pharma dk, with the five things you need to know for Friday, October 31st. Two federal judges issued

0:39.8

separate rulings ordering the Trump administration to tap into billions of dollars in emergency

0:44.4

funds to at least partially cover food stamp benefits for millions of Americans in November.

0:50.0

However, benefits will still be delayed. They were scheduled to be distributed tomorrow.

0:55.5

Here's CNN's Renee Marsh.

0:57.3

SNAP benefits cost roughly $9 billion per month.

1:02.4

So within that emergency fund, they're just about $6 billion.

1:06.1

So it is not going to cover every single individual who relies on this program.

1:12.5

So what you may have is that people may eventually get these funds, but it may be reduced

1:17.4

from what they usually get on a monthly basis.

1:20.4

And that in itself will be complicated according to the Trump administration.

1:26.3

President Donald Trump suggested today that the government could continue to fund critical aid beyond Saturday.

1:31.3

This contradicts his administration's argument that there was no money available to maintain the benefits.

1:36.3

Trump then argued that it would be simpler for Democrats to side with Republicans and vote to reopen the government.

1:42.3

Speaking of President Trump, he notably skipped a major summit in South Korea that kicked off today.

1:49.0

The Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation, or APEC.

1:52.0

Treasury Secretary Scott Besson is standing in for him during the two-day event.

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