The us supreme court on friday temporarily halted a lower court order directing the donald trump administration to fully fund snap food aid The us supreme court granted the trump administration's emergency appeal, putting full snap food aid payments on hold amid the government shutdown The trump administration spent friday fighting an appellate court battle to avoid restoring $4 billion in snap benefits in jeopardy due to the government shutdown. A supreme court justice has temporarily paused a lower court's ruling requiring the trump administration to fully fund the snap program by the end of the day friday. President donald trump asked the supreme court on friday evening to block a lower court ruling that required the administration to fully cover food stamp benefits for tens of millions of americans. The 1st circuit court of appeals denied the trump administration's emergency request for a stay of a lower court's order to pay full food stamp benefits during the government shutdown.
Supreme court temporarily granted the trump administration's request to block full snap food benefits during the government shutdown, even as residents in some states had already begun.
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