Payments for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program were suspended at the start of November.

The ruling means Americans on food stamps likely will not see benefits until the government funding bill is approved by the House and President Donald Trump, who is expected to…

Payments for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program were suspended at the start of November.

Full food assistance program benefits will begin flowing to around 42 million Americans within one day after legislation ended the longest government shutdown at 43 days.

About one in eight Americans, in lower-income households, is supposed to get monthly SNAP benefits by law.