Gigi Duban

Snap recipients in several states, from California to Wisconsin, had just begun seeing money loaded up on their EBT cards to buy food.

That's since a federal judge on Thursday ordered the Trump administration to restore those funds by Friday.

But the future of that government aid remains uncertain for the tens of millions of Americans who rely on it.

The same day it said it would comply, the Trump administration appealed the ruling all the way up to the Supreme Court.

which kicked the case back to an appeals court.

It's unclear how states that have already begun paying out November benefits will handle the latest twist in the legal battle over SNAP.

Gigi Duban, NPR News.