2025-11-12
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It's Wednesday, November 12.
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The Supreme Court has said the Trump administration can continue for now to withhold full food assistance benefits for November,
extending a temporary order that came from Justice Katanji Brown Jackson last week.
The new order will expire just before midnight tomorrow.
The House is set to vote as soon as today on a measure to reopen the government,
which would then head to President Trump's desk.
Once passed, the package would restore programs such as SNAP.
In the meantime,
the order creates more uncertainty for the 42 million Americans who rely on the SNAP program to feed themselves and their families,
as well as for the small businesses that rely on customers who use the benefits.
Ryan Sprankle, whose family owns three grocery stores near Pittsburgh,
says the number of shoppers has slowed.
Historian Katanning, Pennsylvania, gets 25% of its revenue from SNAP.