Government shutdown live updates as missed paychecks, benefit lapses increase pressure for deal
Gina Plata-Nino, interim director for SNAP at the Food Research & Action Center, urged Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins Monday to utilize her authority to issue federal food aid “regardless of what’s going on with the shutdown.” The U.S. Department of Agriculture said federal food aid will not go out on Nov. 1, after the administration…
