SNAP Benefits Rulings, Disney Drops Channels, Gold Toilet Auction and more
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🗓️ 31 October 2025
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| 0:31.2 | 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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