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,

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

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 on Tuesday extended an order blocking full SNAP payments, amid signals that the government shutdown could soon end and food aid payments resume. The order keeps in place at least for a few more days a chaotic situation.

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 judge has said she will block the administration from enforcing a directive ordering states to revoke full SNAP benefits.

The fight over SNAP benefits continues to play out in the Supreme Court and federal courts, leaving millions of low-income Americans hanging in the balance.

Amid efforts to end the ongoing government shutdown, the Trump administration has informed the Supreme Court that it intends to continue seeking a stay of a lower court's order requiring full payment of November SNAP benefits.