The US Supreme Court on Tuesday extended an order blocking full payments from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), amid signs that the government shutdown may soon end and food aid payments may resume.
The order maintains a chaotic situation in force, at least for a few more days. People who rely on SNAP to feed their families in some states have received their full monthly allocations, while others have received nothing.
The order will expire shortly before midnight on Thursday.
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The Senate approved a bill to end the strike, and the House of Representatives could vote on it as early as this Wednesday. The government’s reopening would restart the program that helps 42 million Americans buy groceries, but it’s unclear how quickly full payments would resume.
*With information from the Associated Press.
*Content translated with the help of Artificial Intelligence, reviewed and edited by the Broadcast Editorial Team, Grupo Estado’s real-time news system.
