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Uncertainty over federal food aid deepens as the shutdown fight reaches a crisis point
Trump promises to keep funding food aid for 42 million low-income Americans amid shutdown, while political deadlock delays resolution and threatens program continuity.
- This weekend, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program faces a funding cutoff, squeezing household budgets for 42 million low-income Americans across the United States.
- A political standoff over health-care subsidies has kept the government closed, with Democrats refusing to reopen without a subsidy-extension deal and Republicans refusing negotiations until reopening, risking expiry of subsidies for over 20 million people.
- Asked about the order, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said, `We're looking at all the options.` after a federal judge in Rhode Island ordered the White House to use emergency funds, but the administration argues it cannot legally tap that fund.
- WIC and Head Start programmes face shutdown risks, with some services for 65,000 infants possibly stopping from Saturday, while the administration says it can cover Friday's active-duty troop payday but later risks remain.
- Trump reiterated his conditional pledge to reporters, saying `We'll meet very quickly, but they have to open up the country.` He has largely stayed out of the shutdown fight, pledging to meet Democrats only after reopening.
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U.S. crisis is getting worse: food aid is at risk for millions. Politicians are fighting while people may starve. Second-longest shutdown.
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'I can't eat': Millions risk losing food aid during US shutdown
Approximately one in eight Americans receive food stamp benefits from the US government, a program at risk of losing its funding as of Saturday due to the government shutdown.
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