Nov. 11 (UPI) -- Federal food benefits will remain on hold after the Supreme Court on Tuesday kept an order in place withholding SNAP payments as the government shutdown appears close to ending.
The court's order caps a flurry of legal jousting over the Trump administration's directive to states to halt distributing food assistance to 42 million Americans while Congress remained at an impasse over funding.
The order comes a day after the Senate approved a bill to end the shutdown, which has lasted longer than 40 days, and is expected to be quickly voted on by the House. At just three sentences long, the order does not explain the court's reasoning but effectively keeps the freeze on SNAP benefits through Thursday.
"This decision by the U.S. Supreme Court means millions of Americans will once again be left wondering how they will feed their families," New York Attorney General Letitia James said in a post on X. "We hope to see an end to this suffering soon, as the government reopens and SNAP is once again fully funded."
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