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This past Friday, just moments after a US appeals court determined that the government needs to fully fund food stamp payments, the White House sought intervention from the supreme court in a new effort to block the order.

Within hours, the top US court issued an emergency order temporarily blocking full nutrition assistance funds, which approximately 42 million individuals count on to put food on the table.

“Legal counsel persist in working, continuously, to support and promote the administration's agenda,” a senior official stated on digital channels shortly after 9:30pm local time.

White House staff had asked the federal appeals court to stop a court ruling mandating they issue the upcoming complete nutritional assistance during a federal closure, and was denied later the same day.

US Supreme Court Releases Emergency Order Blocking Complete Snap Food Aid Payments

The high court’s decision came after the administration requested a federal appeals court last Friday to halt a court ruling mandating they issue November’s full monthly nutritional assistance during a US federal government shutdown.

Subsequent to that appeal to halt faced refusal, the government appealed to the high court in a additional effort to halt the directive to fully fund Snap food aid payments.

Additional Events Transpired Recently:

• The federal government shutdown brought consumer sentiment in the US to a significant downturn in the fall, as reported by a ongoing study conducted by the University of Michigan.

• Campus populations at in excess of 100 campuses throughout America demonstrated against the government's attack on higher education recently – the opening in a planned series of nationwide, synchronized rallies.

• Cornell University announced a agreement with the administration, making it the fifth university under investigation by the federal government to do so.

• A GOP lawmaker and staunch supporter of the administration has publicly started her highly predicted race for state leadership.

• The White House has issued a pardon for a former baseball great on past tax fraud and substance offenses, citing the individual's post-career embrace of religion and extended clean living.