Overview
- The order blocks the administration’s plan to cover only 65% of benefits after earlier signals of no November payments.
- Cities and nonprofit groups sued the USDA over suspended or reduced SNAP assistance during the shutdown.
- Roughly 42 million people rely on SNAP each month for food assistance.
- The court noted state systems could face timing and administrative hurdles in delivering the restored payments.
- The case unfolds during a record 36-day federal shutdown that has furloughed about 750,000 workers.