Residents in some U.S. states began to receive their full SNAP food aid Friday as an appeals court left in place, for now, an order requiring President Donald Trump’s administration to fund

Residents in some states began to receive their full SNAP food aid as an appeals court left in place an order requiring the full payments.

As the shutdown drags on, the USDA is working to comply with a court order to provide SNAP benefits for November. But another appeal has been filed.

The Trump administration appealed to the Supreme Court after the appeals court upheld the district judge's order for full SNAP benefits.

The court wrangling prolonged weeks of uncertainty for the food program that serves about 1 in 8 Americans, mostly with lower incomes.

A federal judge ordered the USDA to fully fund SNAP benefits for November despite a government shutdown. The judge ruled that the Trump administration was withholding funds for political reasons. The USDA argued that fully funding SNAP would put Child Nutrition Programs at risk.

The Trump administration must fully fund November’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits to the tune of roughly $9 billion by Friday, a Rhode Island