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This past Friday, just moments after a national appellate court ruled that the White House is required to fully fund food stamp disbursements, the White House turned to the supreme court in a further bid to prevent the ruling.

A short time later, the highest court released an emergency order immediately suspending entire food stamp payments, which close to 42 hundred thousand Americans count on to buy groceries.

“Government lawyers continue fighting, day and night, to protect and further the administration's priorities,” the top legal officer declared on digital channels shortly after 9:30pm ET.

Government representatives had requested the federal appeals court to stop a court ruling requiring them to issue November’s complete food stamp payments in the middle of a US federal government shutdown, and was denied later the same day.

The High Court Grants Urgent Ruling Blocking Full Snap Food Aid Benefits

The supreme court's order was issued after the administration asked a national appeals court this past Friday to halt a judicial directive that it issue November’s complete nutritional benefits amid a federal closure.

After that request to block faced refusal, the White House turned to the high court in a new effort to prevent the ruling to pay for Snap food aid benefits.

Other Developments Happened Recently:

• The government closure pulled public confidence in the US to a significant downturn in November, based on a monthly survey conducted by the Michigan University.

• Students, faculty and staff at over 100 campuses throughout America protested the administration’s challenge to college education on Friday – the first in a planned series of countrywide, coordinated protests.

• An Ivy League institution announced a settlement with the White House, making it the fifth college facing scrutiny by the federal government to do so.

• A GOP lawmaker and dedicated backer of the president has formally begun her highly predicted race for state leadership.

• The White House has issued a pardon for a retired baseball great on previous tax fraud and substance offenses, referencing the athlete's later life adoption of faith and extended clean living.