The US supreme court issued a temporary block on Friday on a lower court's order requiring the Trump administration to fully fund the snap program amid the government shutdown.
The decision came shortly after a federal appeals court denied the trump administration's request to temporarily block the lower court ruling.
On Thursday, U.S. District Judge Jack McConnell rejected the administration's effort to only partially fund the benefits program for some 42 million low-income Americans for November as the shutdown drags on, giving the government 24 hours to comply.
"Given the imminent, irreparable harms posed by these orders, which require the government to transfer an estimated $4 billion by tonight, the Solicitor General respectfully requests an immediate administrative stay of the orders pending the resolution of this application by no later than 9:30pm this evening." an administration spokesperson told Fox News.