US EditionSupreme Court extends its order blocking full SNAP payments, with shutdown potentially near an end
The Supreme Court’s extension maintains partial SNAP payments for 42 million people while Congress nears a vote to end the shutdown and restore full benefits.
- The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday extended a pause on a lower court order requiring the Trump administration to fully fund November Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits until 11:59 p.m. ET Thursday.
- Nov. 1 saw SNAP funding lapse due to the government shutdown, and U.S. District Court Judge John McConnell Jr. ordered the Trump administration to fully pay November benefits within 24 hours.
- About 42 million Americans rely on SNAP and interim rulings mean recipients receive up to 65% of regular benefits while the U.S. Department of Agriculture warned of an estimated 35% reduction.
- The decision leaves the country in a chaotic status quo after three weeks of back-and-forth, while the administration argued a pending congressional deal would make the legal dispute moot as the Senate passed a reopening bill and the House could vote as soon as Wednesday.
- Reopening the government would restart SNAP payments, but Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson objected and said she would have denied the application, with the stay expiring at 11:59 p.m. ET Thursday.
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GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN
The government's reopening would reactivate a program that helps 42 million Americans buy food, but it is not known how fast full payments will resume.
The US Supreme Court extended on Tuesday its decision that the Trump administration is not required to immediately pay allocations for a food aid program suspended due to budgetary paralysis, which could be lifted on Wednesday. ...
On Tuesday, the US Supreme Court extended its decision that the Trump administration is not required to immediately pay allocations for a food aid program suspended due to fiscal paralysis, which could be lifted on Wednesday.
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