A food distribution on November 11, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. MARIO TAMA / AFP
The US Supreme Court on Tuesday, November 11, extended a pause on requiring the administration of President Donald Trump to pay food benefits during the federal shutdown, amid signs Congress was moving forward with reopening the government. A lower court last week ruled that Trump's government must fully fund the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) for November by the end of Friday.
However, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson issued a so-called administrative stay to pause the ruling and give the court system additional time to consider the administration's request to withhold funding. The unsigned order extends the stay through Thursday night, allowing the Trump administration to avoid using contingency funds to make a multi-billion-dollar payment to states so they could distribute food stamps to around 42 million Americans who rely on SNAP to afford groceries.
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