Trump is seeking a court ruling on SNAP payments during the government shutdown as 42 million Americans face uncertainty over November food stamp benefits.

A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to continue paying for food stamps during the federal shutdown. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, aids roughly 42 million people and was set to run out of funds on Saturday without intervention.

The government runs out of funding as the clock strikes midnight from Tuesday, Sept. 30 to Wednesday, Oct. 1. To avoid that shutdown, Congress must pass either a short-term funding bill, called a continuing resolution (or CR), or they must approve 12 separate full-year funding bills.

Both the Justice Department and the White House have reportedly declined to comment or say whether they intend to appeal.

The Justice Department argued that the food stamp program, which feeds more than 40 million Americans, effectively did not exist anymore due to the shutdown.

While the Waco airport is not seeing major delays, Airway Transportation Safety Specialists, like Timothy Lindsey, have growing concerns if the shutdown continues in case their systems go down and they don't have what they need to fix it.

The federal government shutdown is now entering its fifth week and could soon set an all-time record, with little sign of either side backing down or really even feeling much pressure to do so.

The FAA says Houston’s airports could face ground delays after 4 p.m. as air traffic controllers miss their first full paycheck of the government shutdown.

"The longer this goes on, it creates a stasis where you don't have the normal flow of business," said Jerry McGinn.

A group of rank-and-file senators increasingly frustrated by the weeks-long stalemate on Capitol Hill believe they have found a possible path to end the government shutdown.