(NEXSTAR) — SNAP recipients have again been thrown for a loop after the U.S. Department of Agriculture instructed states to "immediately undo" actions they had taken to send out full food assistance benefits following a string of court decisions.

At first, states were instructed to send out partial benefits, then slightly larger benefits, then full benefits. Then Friday night, the Supreme Court responded to a request from the Trump administration to halt that latter decision for the time being, just hours after several states had sent out full SNAP benefits to their recipients.

In a directive to local SNAP directors (the USDA oversees SNAP, or the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, but states administer the grocery assistance program) on Saturday, the USDA warned that those who do not "undo" their funding actions could lose out on federal cost-sharing and held responsible for the funds that have been administered.

In response to the USDA's directive, Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers responded with a simple "No." According to a Saturday court filing submitted by 26 states, Wisconsin has "insufficient funds to reimburse retailers for their provisions sold to SNAP recipients" after the U.S. Treasury declined the........

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