RALEIGH, N.C. — The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) says it has paused plans to issue full Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits after the U.S. Supreme Court granted the Trump administration’s appeal to temporarily halt a lower court order late Friday night.

NCDHHS had begun issuing partial November SNAP benefits to North Carolinians on Friday morning and was preparing to release the remaining funds over the weekend before the ruling. The agency says it will resume distributing full benefits as soon as it receives authorization from the federal government.

“This is about a basic necessity — food — being caught in the middle of political chaos,” Gov. Josh Stein said in a statement Saturday. “The hard-working people and families who rely

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