Weeks of uncertainty during the longest government shutdown in American history have left some states struggling to issue payments to food stamp recipients.

November payments have been significantly delayed, forcing families to go hungry. A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to distribute benefits in full by Friday.

Tri-State governors are offering a lifeline as a recent Supreme Court order on SNAP food benefits sided with the Trump administration.

SNAP users brace for a hungry weekend after the Trump administration appeals order to provide full SNAP benefits

Hawaii Department of Human Services officials said today that they have not received reports of “widespread issues ” with SNAP electric benefit transactions being declined after the federal food aid money was released Friday morning.

About a half-dozen states were able to pay out full food stamp benefits before an emergency Supreme Court order halted efforts.