The Supreme Court on Tuesday extended an order allowing the Trump administration to temporarily block full payments of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program known as SNAP during the record shutdown.
Why it matters: The decision that continues the freeze of a lower court order for the administration to pay some 42 million Americans who rely on the program until 11:59p.m. Thursday comes as House members prepare to vote as early as Wednesday on a Senate-passed bill to reopen the government.
