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The Supreme Court is set to rule Tuesday on a request from the Trump administration to continue blocking states from providing full SNAP benefits, which affects food access for millions of Americans. The SNAP food aid program helps 1 in 8 Americans buy groceries.

President Donald Trump's administration cut off funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) after October because of the shutdown.

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On Oct. 31, the Trump administration complied with a pair of rulings by federal judges who stated that the federal government must provide at least partial funding for SNAP.

The ruling stated that SNAP recipients would

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