U.S. Supreme Court extends pause on order to fully fund food aid

Breakdown

• The Supreme Court extended a pause on a ruling requiring full funding of food aid for 42 million low-income Americans.
• The administration can continue withholding about $4 billion from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) during the shutdown. 16s
• Justice Katonji Brown Jackson said she would have denied the administration's request to further halt the judge's order; the pause is set to expire on Thursday. 33s
• The U.S. Senate approved a bill to end the longest government shutdown in U.S. history, which disrupted food benefits and left federal workers unpaid. 45s
• SNAP benefits ran out at the start of the month for the first time in the program's 60-year history, forcing recipients to rely on food pantries and cut other expenses. 1m 2s