Justice Brown Jackson's pause of SNAP disbursement allows the lower court time to consider the appeal lodged by the Trump administration.

The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Friday to block an order by a lower court to fund SNAP benefits for 42 million hungry Americans.

A federal appeals court is weighing the Trump administration’s request to pause a Rhode Island judge’s order requiring $4 billion to fully fund SNAP benefits for millions of low-income Americans through November.

Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson temporarily halted an order requiring the Trump administration make full Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP) November payments by

Updated on Nov. 7 at 9:34 p.m. The Trump administration on Friday night asked the Supreme Court to pause a ruling by a federal judge in Rhode Island that requires […]

The high court decision allows a lower court time to consider a more lasting pause. The Trump administration is appealing an order to fully fund November food aid for millions of people.

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.

U.S. District Judge John McConnell in Providence, Rhode Island, on Thursday ordered the payout by Friday, accusing the administration of withholding Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, benefits for political reasons with the government shutdown now more than a month old.