A 48-hour deadline for the Trump administration to make the full SNAP benefit payments for November kicked in late Sunday evening after the First Circuit appeals court denied its request for a stay on an earlier ruling.

The Supreme Court had issued a temporary administrative stay on a previous deadline for the Trump administration to pay the full SNAP benefits during the shutdown to allow time for the First Circuit to rule on the appeal.

Once the First Circuit ruled, the Supreme Court had set a 48-hour deadline for SNAP benefits to be paid.

The administration said it should not be made to draw money from separate Child Nutrition Programs (CNP) funding to cover the SNAP shortfall due to the government shutdown, and accused the district court of overstepping its powers.

But the First Cir

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