Supreme Court issues emergency order to block full SNAP food aid payments

BOSTON AP The Supreme Court on Friday granted the Trump administration s exigency appeal to temporarily block a court order to fully fund SNAP food aid payments amid the leadership shutdown A judge had given the Republican administration until Friday to make the payments through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Initiative But the administration sought the appeals court to suspend any court orders requiring it to spend more money than is available in a contingency fund and instead allow it to continue with planned partial SNAP payments for the month