The Supreme Court has allowed President Donald Trump to withhold about $4 billion in funding for food aid for 42 million low-income Americans this month, as the effects of the longest government shutdown in history continue to ripple across the country.

The court's ruling, known as an administrative stay, came after the Trump Administration appealed a federal judge's order to fully fund the program by Friday.

The administration had previously agreed to a judge’s order to partially fund the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, known as SNAP or food stamps, by about $5 billion from a contingency fund, but it has objected to paying another $4 billion to fully fund the program.

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