Justice Brown Jackson's pause of SNAP disbursement allows the lower court time to consider the appeal lodged by the Trump administration.

New guidance from USDA on Saturday informs states to move ahead with partial food stamp payments only given the Supreme Court stay.

A Supreme Court justice has temporarily paused a lower court's ruling requiring the Trump administration to fully fund the SNAP program by the end of the day Friday.

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson on Friday temporarily paused a lower court order that required the Trump administration to cover full food stamp benefits for tens of millions of Americans in November, siding with the administration on a short-term basis in a legal fight that has quickly become a defining confrontation of the government shutdown.

People in some states started receiving SNAP benefits after delays caused by a legal battle during the government shutdown but others have not.

The state says it distributed full benefits to 32,000 SNAP recipients before the Justice issued her order. However, payments for the remaining 560,000 Coloradans enrolled in the program remain blocked. Colorado officials said they had received no updated guidance from the U.S. Department of Agriculture as of late Friday night.

Weeks of uncertainty during the longest government shutdown in American history have left some states struggling to issue payments to food stamp recipients.

Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson on Friday froze, for now, a lower court order that required the Trump administration to swiftly provide full SNAP benefits to roughly 42 million Americans.

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