Administration Seeks Help from High Court After Unsuccessful Bid to Block Snap Payment Directive

This past Friday, just moments after a federal appeals court ruled that the administration is required to fully fund food stamp benefits, the administration turned to the nation's highest court in a new effort to halt the order.

A short time later, the supreme court released an emergency order temporarily blocking entire nutrition assistance payments, which nearly 42 million individuals rely on to buy groceries.

“Legal counsel will not stop working, continuously, to support and promote the president's policies,” the attorney general stated on online platforms around 9:30pm in Washington.

White House staff had requested the federal appeals court to overturn a court ruling requiring them to distribute this month's full monthly nutritional assistance in the middle of a US federal government shutdown, and was denied that afternoon.

The High Court Releases Temporary Injunction Halting Full Nutrition Assistance Benefits

The high court’s ruling came after the White House requested a US appellate court on Friday to stop a judicial directive mandating they issue November’s entire nutritional aid throughout a US federal government shutdown.

After that request to halt got rejected, the administration appealed to the nation's top court in a further effort to prevent the ruling to pay for food stamp disbursements.

What Else Happened Today:

• The government closure dragged consumer sentiment in the US to a near record low in this month, according to a ongoing study carried out by the Michigan University.

• Campus populations at more than 100 campuses throughout America rallied against the administration’s attack on higher education recently – the initial in a organized set of nationwide, coordinated protests.

• The New York university announced a settlement with the White House, emerging as the fifth institution being examined by the US government to do so.

• A conservative lawmaker and strong ally of the administration has publicly started her much-expected campaign for governor.

• The administration has granted clemency to a ex- baseball great on previous tax fraud and drug charges, referencing the athlete's retirement embrace of faith and longtime sobriety.