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On Friday, just moments following a US appeals court determined that the White House needs to pay for nutritional assistance benefits, the federal government turned to the US top court in a new bid to block the order.

A short time later, the highest court handed down an temporary injunction immediately suspending entire nutrition assistance payments, which close to 42 hundred thousand Americans depend on to buy groceries.

“Our attorneys continue battling, continuously, to support and promote our policies,” the top legal officer declared on online platforms just after 9:30pm ET.

White House staff had requested the US appeals court to block a judge's order that it distribute this month's entire food stamp assistance in the middle of a federal closure, and was denied that afternoon.

US Supreme Court Issues Temporary Injunction Halting Entire Nutrition Assistance Disbursements

The high court’s decision was issued after the White House petitioned a federal appeals court this past Friday to halt a court ruling mandating they provide November’s full monthly nutritional aid throughout a US federal government shutdown.

Following that petition to stop was denied, the administration sought help from the supreme court in a further effort to prevent the ruling to completely finance nutrition assistance disbursements.

Additional Events Occurred Recently:

• The government closure dragged consumer sentiment in the US to a historically low level in November, based on a ongoing study carried out by the University of Michigan.

• Academic community members at more than 100 campuses throughout America rallied against the government's challenge to higher education recently – the opening in a scheduled sequence of nationwide, coordinated protests.

• The New York university announced a settlement with the White House, becoming the fifth college under investigation by the American authorities to do so.

• A conservative congresswoman and staunch supporter of the White House has publicly started her long-anticipated gubernatorial bid.

• The president has pardoned a former sports star on past tax fraud and drug charges, mentioning the athlete's post-career adoption of religion and extended clean living.