The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has recently directed states to reverse actions taken to distribute full food assistance benefits, creating confusion for SNAP recipients. This instruction comes in the wake of several court rulings regarding the administration of these benefits.

Initially, states were tasked with distributing partial benefits, which later increased to fuller amounts. However, on Friday night, the Supreme Court temporarily halted this adjustment following a request from the Trump administration. This decision occurred just after some states had already issued complete SNAP benefits to recipients.

On Saturday, the USDA issued a directive to local SNAP directors, emphasizing that states must retract their funding actions or risk losing federal cost-sharing contributions. The USDA also indicated that states could be held accountable for the funds already disbursed.

In a bold response, Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers declined to comply with the USDA’s directive, simply stating, “No.” A court filing from Saturday, representing 26 states, highlighted Wisconsin’s inability to repay retailers for goods sold to SNAP beneficiaries, following a rejected transaction by the U.S. Treasury intended to replenish the state’s SNAP EBT cards.