The Supreme Court on Tuesday extended an order blocking full SNAP payments. 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 ongoing government shutdown.

The order will expire just before midnight Thursday.

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On Monday, the Senate passed legislation to reopen the government with a plan that would include refilling SNAP funds. Speaker Mike Johnson told members of the House to return to Washington, D.C. to consider the deal some Senate Democrats made with Republicans.

The pace at which SNAP benefits are distributed to recipients if the Supreme

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