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Supreme Court extends its order blocking full SNAP payments, with shutdown potentially near an end
- On Tuesday, the Supreme Court extended a temporary order blocking full Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program payments, keeping the administrative stay through Nov. 13 at 11:59 p.m. ET Thursday and leaving millions of Americans waiting for aid.
- As regular appropriations lapsed in October, President Donald Trump's administration cut full SNAP funding and later authorized partial payments up to 65% after U.S. District Judge John McConnell ordered full November funding.
- The legal fight centers on roughly $4 billion and a $5 billion contingency fund, with U.S. District Judge John McConnell ordering use of the fund and Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson dissenting.
- If the House approves and the president signs, SNAP funding would be restored, though logistics may delay full payments, and Sauer said `Congress appears to be on the brink of breaking the deadlock, though that outcome is unsure`.
- Shifting USDA guidance has left states implementing SNAP payments and families delaying purchases unsure, while food pantries report increased pressure and sacrifices like forgoing medications.
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For the second time, the Supreme Court has given President Trump a major win in the battle over SNAP benefits. On Friday, the Supreme Court blocked a rogue Obama judge's order that would have forced the Trump administration to re-direct money for school lunches to pay out full SNAP benefits ...
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