US supreme court extends pause on Trump administration paying full November Snap benefits – live

The justices, anticipating the shutdown will end soon, avoid substantive legal ruling about whether lower-court orders to keep full Snap payments going amid shutdown are correctTop House Democrats vow to oppose shutdown bill over healthcare fundingAs the supreme court deliberates on the fate of Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs – which he maintains are a matter of “national security” as justices appeared skeptical during oral arguments on the case last week – the president said that the US would be forced to hand “in excess of three trillion dollars” if the levies are scrapped, in a late night post on Truth Social.He added:It would not be possible to ever make up for that kind of a ‘drubbing.’ That would truly become an insurmountable National Security Event, and devastating to the future of our Country – Possibly non-sustainable! Continue reading…