An EBT sign is displayed on the window of a grocery store on October 30, 2025, in the Flatbush neighborhood of the Brooklyn borough in New York City. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images North America/Getty Images

The Supreme Court on Tuesday extended a short-term order that allows the Trump administration to withhold covering full food stamp payments in November, a move that appeared designed to put off the case a few days in the hope that Congress approves a pending agreement to reopen the federal government .

The fast-moving emergency appeal at the Supreme Court over Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, benefits that help more than 40 million Americans – as well as several lawsuits playing out in lower courts – would almost certainly be dismissed as moot if the historic

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