The U.S. Supreme Court extended a pause on a lower court’s order requiring the Trump administration to fully fund food aid for 42 million low-income Americans amid the federal government shutdown.

This extension allows the administration to continue withholding about $4 billion from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), commonly known as food stamps.

Driving the news: The pause was initially issued by Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson last Friday and the Supreme Court’s extension is set to expire on Thursday. • Lawyers for the administration informed the justices that an end to the government shutdown would remove the need to halt the judge’s order, suggesting the court’s pause may be temporary. • The U.S. Senate approved compromise legislation aimed at ending the longest

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