The U.S. Supreme Court is expected to say Tuesday whether the Trump administration must start complying with lower-court orders that require full payments in the SNAP food program

The Supreme Court has extended an order blocking full SNAP payments. The high court’s decision Tuesday came amid signals that the government shutdown could soon end and food aid payments resume — though exactly when is unknown.

Late Sunday, the Senate took the first in a series of votes that likely will lead to the government reopening later this week.

The government shutdown appears to be coming to an end. But the Supreme Court has left the Trump administration's freeze on food benefits in place through Thursday.

The court extended until just before midnight on Thursday its hold on a previous order that had directed the administration to fully fund benefits this month under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program,

President Donald Trump's administration on Monday told the U.S. Supreme Court that it continues to seek a halt of a judge's order requiring it to fully fund food aid for 42 million low-income Americans this month even as lawmakers take steps toward ending the federal government shutdown.

A federal judge said Monday that she will continue to block the Trump administration from enforcing a memo directing states to "undo" the issuance of full SNAP benefits. The administration is currently seeking to "undo" hundreds of millions of dollars in SNAP benefits that went out after the U.

President Donald Trump’s administration returned to the Supreme Court on Monday in a push to keep full payments in the SNAP food aid program frozen. The request is the latest in a flurry of legal activity over how a program that helps buy groceries for 42 million Americans should proceed during the federal government shutdown.