Delayed SNAP benefits have been paid out to people in Massachusetts, Gov. Maura Healey confirmed Saturday morning, as the Supreme Court weighs a legal challenge to the Trump administration's suspension of the food aid program.

Millions of Americans rely on SNAP benefits to pay for food, but the Trump administration suspended the program when the government shut down, and it's been the subject of a legal saga still playing out in courts.

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Massachusetts and other states sued, saying that contingency funds were available to pay benefits for November, and a federal judge in Rhode Island ordered the government to release funding. The U.S. Department of Agriculture, which administers SNAP benefits, said on Friday that i

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