The U.S. Department of Agriculture directed states to "immediately undo" any steps taken to issue full food assistance benefits to Americans whose aid hangs in limbo.

The big picture: The Trump administration is fiercely fighting a judge's order to fully fund SNAP benefits for some 40 million Americans who rely on federal assistance. • The Supreme Court added to the twisting legal saga Friday by pausing a federal judge's order to distribute the funds. That left states in limbo, as some had already begun processing payments.

Driving the news: "Pending any explicit direction to the contrary from Food and Nutrition Service (FNS), States must not transmit full benefit issuance files to EBT processors," a Saturday memo to state and regional directors instructed. • Rather, it instructed st

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