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Supreme Court blocks lower court order forcing Trump administration to fully fund SNAP program

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The U.S. Supreme Court issued a temporary block on Friday on a lower court's order requiring the Trump administration to fully fund the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) program amid the government shutdown. The decision came shortly after a federal appeals court on Friday denied a Trump administration request to temporarily block the lower court ruling.On Thursday, U.S. District Judge Jack McConnell rejected the administration's effort to only partially fund the benefits program for some 42 million low-income Americans for November as the shutdown drags on, giving the governmen...

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