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SNAP beneficiaries threaten to ransack stores over government shutdown
SNAP beneficiaries have expressed outrage on social media over the government shutdown that could affect their grocery benefits starting next month — with some even threatening to ransack stores if food stamp payments don’t go through starting Nov. 1.

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Judges rule President Trump must fund SNAP benefits during government shutdown
Government Must Use Emergency Funds for SNAP Benefits, Judges Rule
New York Declares State of Emergency to Fund Food Banks as Federal Food Aid Set to Lapse
New York Governor Kathy Hochul on Thursday declared a state of emergency to issue $65 million for assistance to food banks as federal funding for the national food stamp program is set to lapse on Nov...

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SNAP benefits are set to pause amid gov't shutdown. How to find food help in South Jersey
US judge blocks Trump administration from halting Snap food benefits
Trump administration cannot suspend SNAP benefits, judges rule
The plaintiffs, represented by the liberal legal advocacy group Democracy Forward, argued the agency's decision to suspend benefits was wrong and unlawful, as the USDA still had funds available to fu...

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Judge to consider demand to force the government to keep funding SNAP food aid despite the shutdown
‘We’re worried about Monday’: Food banks see uptick in donations, but not enough to replace SNAP

Government shutdown continues as senators express cautious optimism about talks

Senate Majority Leader John Thune said talks among rank-and-file senators aimed at ending the government shutdown have ramped up.

Government shutdown offers schools a glimpse of life without an Education Department

WASHINGTON (AP) — The government shutdown has been a source of anxiety for school leaders wondering how long grant money will last and who can help them interpret federal laws. For Education Secretary Linda McMahon, it offers a preview of what she hopes to make permanent.

Trump urges Senate Republicans to scrap filibuster rule to end government shutdown

WASHINGTON — Following a week of overseas diplomacy, President Donald Trump is reengaging with shutdown discussions by calling for Republicans to dispense with any diplomatic overtures to Democrats and deploy the "nuclear option" of ending the Senate filibuster.

The 2025 U.S government shutdown, by the numbers

The 2025 federal government shutdown, in the first year of Trump's second term, is one of the longest in U.S. history.

SNAP funding brings urgency to government shutdown; Trump returns to U.S. after Asia trip, meeting with Xi

Get live updates and the latest news as Trump concludes Asia trip after meeting Xi Jinping in South Korea and the government shutdown continues.

FAA delaying flights as government shutdown enters Day 31

The Federal Aviation Administration on Friday delayed flights at airports in Austin, Newark and Nashville as air traffic control staffing problems continue to snarl flights and a government shutdown hits its 31st day.

Five ways US government shutdown is hurting - and why it's about to get worse

The US government shutdown has entered its fifth week and there is no clear end in sight. With Democrats and Republicans deadlocked over passing a spending plan that would reopen federal agencies, millions of Americans are feeling economic pain that could soon grow worse.

Dutch centrist confident of forming government after far right's election setback

Rob Jetten would be the Netherlands' youngest and first openly gay prime minister, but he must win the support of several other parties to form a government.
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