The Trump administration asked a federal appeals court to block a judge's order that the U.S. Department of Agriculture provide full November food stamp benefits to 42 million low-income Americans. U.

A Supreme Court justice has temporarily paused a lower court's ruling requiring the Trump administration to fully fund the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program for the month of November by the end of the day Friday.

The Supreme Court on Friday granted the Trump administration’s emergency appeal to temporarily block a court order to fully fund SNAP food aid payments amid the government shutdown. A judge had given the Republican administration until Friday to make the payments through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.

The Trump administration asked the US Supreme Court to intervene on an emergency basis Friday night to block the transfer of $4 billion in food-aid funds for needy Americans.

U.S. District Judge John J. McConnell Jr. had given Trump's administration until Friday to make the payments through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.

The Trump administration has asked a federal appeals court to block a judge’s order to distribute November’s full SNAP benefits during a U.S. government shutdown

Instead of receiving 50% of their usual monthly benefit, many households will receive much less, or perhaps nothing at all.