Overview
- An administrative stay from the Supreme Court pauses lower-court orders requiring full November SNAP disbursements, permitting roughly $4 billion to be held back.
- U.S. District Judge John J. McConnell Jr. had ordered full funding after finding evidence of irreparable harm, including expected hunger and overwhelmed food banks.
- The Justice Department contends courts cannot compel spending beyond available appropriations, after the administration moved from zero payments to plans for 50% and then 65% coverage.
- The Senate blocked a measure to pay hundreds of thousands of federal employees during the shutdown, with 53–43 support short of the 60 votes required.
- Operational strains extended overseas as U.S. Army Garrison Bavaria briefly posted local German food-bank options for civilian staff before removing the guidance and clarifying its scope.