(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.

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

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson temporarily froze a lower court order for full federal food benefits, called SNAP, for 41 million.

The U.S. Senate on Tuesday confirmed President Donald Trump's first and only nominee to the Boston-based federal appeals court, which until now had been largely composed of judges appointed by Democrats and has frequently blocked his policy initiatives.