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.

Trump ordered to replenish SNAP food aid benefits

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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 receive up to 65% of their regular benefits and that the Trump administration must fund the pr

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