(CN) — A federal appeals court has sided with a group of Rhode Island churches and nonprofits in ruling that the Trump administration can be forced to pay full Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits, as the longest government shutdown in U.S. history looks poised to end.

A deal in Congress to end the government shutdown includes full SNAP funding through September and could mean the Supreme Court will not have to issue a ruling later.

Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson granted the Trump Administration an "administrative stay" regarding SNAP payments. Here's why.

Justice Brown Jackson's pause of SNAP disbursement allows the lower court time to consider the appeal lodged by the Trump administration.

Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson temporarily halted an order requiring the Trump administration make full Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP) November payments by