The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is in limbo due to the US government shutdown. Photo: AP PHOTO

The US Supreme Court has allowed the Trump administration to withhold for now about $US4 billion needed to fully fund a food aid program for 42 million low-income Americans this month amid the federal government shutdown.

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The court's order, known as an administrative stay, gives a lower court additional time to consider the administration's formal request to only partially fund the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, known as SNAP or food stamps, for November.

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