Overview
- The justices extended an administrative stay until 11:59 p.m. Thursday, keeping in place a block on a Rhode Island judge’s order to pay full November SNAP benefits.
- Roughly $4 billion remains withheld, leaving the program at about 65% funding from contingency reserves for nearly 42 million recipients.
- Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson dissented, indicating she would have denied the request to prolong the stay.
- The Senate has passed a bipartisan bill to end the shutdown and fully fund SNAP through September 2026, and the House is expected to vote next.
- USDA directed states to “immediately undo” full issuances, but some states had already sent payments and are fighting clawbacks, producing a patchwork of disbursements and uncertainty over reimbursement.