{"id":171079,"date":"2025-11-08T09:03:20","date_gmt":"2025-11-08T09:03:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/trump-news-at-a-glance-supreme-court-blocks-full-snap-food-aid-payments-following-white-house-request-the-guardian\/"},"modified":"2025-11-08T09:03:20","modified_gmt":"2025-11-08T09:03:20","slug":"trump-news-at-a-glance-supreme-court-blocks-full-snap-food-aid-payments-following-white-house-request-the-guardian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/trump-news-at-a-glance-supreme-court-blocks-full-snap-food-aid-payments-following-white-house-request-the-guardian\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump news at a glance: supreme court blocks full Snap food aid payments following White House request – The Guardian"},"content":{"rendered":"

The high court\u2019s order came after a federal appeals court denied the administration\u2019s request to block an order to distribute November\u2019s full monthly food stamp benefits \u2013 key US politics stories from 7 November 2025
On Friday, moments after a federal appeals court ruled the Trump administration<\/a> needs to fully fund Snap food aid payments, the White House turned to the supreme court in a further attempt to block the order.
Within hours, the top US court issued an emergency order temporarily blocking full Snap food aid payments, which nearly 42 million people rely on to put food on the table.
\u201cOur attorneys will not stop fighting, day and night, to defend and advance President Trump\u2019s agenda,\u201d attorney general, Pam Bondi, posted<\/a> on social media just after 9:30pm in Washington.
Administration officials had asked the federal appeals court to block a judge\u2019s order that it distribute November\u2019s full monthly food stamp benefits amid a US federal government shutdown<\/a>, and was denied later the same day.
The high court\u2019s order came after the Trump administration<\/a> asked a federal appeals court on Friday to block a judge\u2019s order that it distribute November\u2019s full monthly food stamp benefits amid a US federal government shutdown<\/a>.
After that request to block was denied, the Trump administration<\/a> turned to the supreme court in a further attempt to block the order to fully fund Snap food aid payments.
Read the full story<\/sub><\/a>
US district court judge Karin Immergut issued her order minutes before a temporary restraining order was set to expire.
Immergut, who was nominated to the bench by Trump in his first term, ruled last month<\/a> that the president\u2019s wildly false claims about conditions in Portland resembling those in a war zone, due to a small protest against immigration raids, were \u201csimply untethered to the facts\u201d.
Read the full story<\/sub><\/a>
Students, faculty and staff at more than 100 campuses across the US rallied against the Trump administration\u2019s assault on higher education on Friday \u2013 the first in a planned series of nationwide, coordinated protests that organizers hope will culminate in large-scale students and workers\u2019 strikes next May Day and a nationwide general strike in May 2028<\/a>.
Read the full story<\/sub><\/a>
The decision came after Viktor Orb\u00e1n pressed his case for a reprieve during a friendly meeting with Donald Trump<\/a> in Washington.
Last month, Trump imposed Ukraine-related sanctions<\/a> on Russian oil companies Lukoil and Rosneft that carried the threat of further sanctions on entities in countries that buy oil from those firms.
Read the full story<\/sub><\/a>
The US supreme court<\/a> is considering taking up a case that could challenge the legality of same-sex marriage across the country. Hours after ruling that Donald Trump\u2019s administration can block<\/a> transgender and non-binary people from selecting passport sex markers that align with their gender identity, the justices are holding their first conference on the Davis v Ermold case. While their deliberations are typically kept private, the court may announce whether it will take the case as early as Monday.
Read the full story<\/sub><\/a>
The Trump administration has long accused the South African government of allowing minority white Afrikaner farmers to be persecuted and attacked. As it restricted the number of refugees admitted annually to the US to 7,500, the administration indicated that most will be white South Africans who it claimed faced discrimination and violence at home.
But the government of South Africa has said it is surprised by the accusations of discrimination, because white people in the country generally have a much higher standard of living than its Black residents, more than three decades after the end of the apartheid system of white minority rule.
Read the full story<\/sub><\/a>
Leaving the Kennedy Center is a possible scenario after a collapse in box office revenue and \u201cshattered\u201d donor confidence in the wake of Trump\u2019s \u201ctakeover\u201d, according to WNO\u2019s artistic director, Francesca Zambello.
The president declared himself chair<\/a> of the institution in February, sacking and replacing its board and leadership.
Read the full story<\/sub><\/a>
The federal government shutdown dragged consumer sentiment in the US to a near record low in November<\/a><\/strong>, according to a monthly survey<\/a> conducted by the University of Michigan.
Students, faculty and staff at more than 100 campuses across the US rallied against the Trump administration\u2019s assault on higher education<\/a><\/strong> on Friday \u2013 the first in a planned series of nationwide, coordinated protests.
Cornell University announced a settlement with the Trump administration<\/a><\/strong>, becoming the fifth university under investigation by the US government to do so.
Elise Stefanik, a Republican New York<\/a><\/strong> representative and staunch supporter of Donald Trump, has officially launched her long-anticipated campaign for governor<\/a><\/strong>.
Donald Trump has pardoned former New York Mets great <\/a><\/strong>Darryl<\/a><\/strong> Strawberry on past tax evasion and drug charges<\/a><\/strong>, citing the 1983 National League rookie of the year\u2019s post-career embrace of his Christian faith and longtime sobriety.
Catching up? Here\u2019s what happened on 6 November 2025<\/a><\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n

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