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Supreme Court pauses order that Trump administration must pay full SNAP benefits
The administration sought to pay only 65% of November SNAP benefits from contingency funds amid a government shutdown, affecting 42 million recipients, while courts consider emergency appeals.
- The Supreme Court granted the Trump administration's emergency appeal to temporarily block a court order to fully fund SNAP food aid payments amid the government shutdown.
- An appeals court previously declined to allow the administration to pay only 65% of SNAP benefits from a contingency fund.
- SNAP, which serves about 1 in 8 Americans, usually continues paying benefits during government shutdowns, but the Trump administration attempted to limit payments.
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Justices’ Emergency Order Temporarily Blocks Full SNAP Food Aid Payments
The Supreme Court on Friday approved the Trump administration’s emergency request to temporarily stop a lower-court order that required full funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program during the government shutdown. This decision allows for partial payments to continue while legal battles unfold, according to The Associated Press. The ruling came just hours after a federal judge ordered the administration to make full SNAP payment…
Supreme Court temporarily freezes order requiring Trump administration to provide full SNAP payments to millions of Americans
Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson on Friday froze, for now, a lower court order that required the Trump administration to swiftly provide full SNAP benefits to roughly 42 million Americans.
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