USDA says SNAP benefits won't be issued on Nov. 1

A notice on top of its website says "the well has run dry."

ByKevin Shalvey, Megan Forrester, Ivan Pereira, and Alexandra Hutzler

Last Updated: October 26, 2025, 5:58 PM EDT

The Department of Agriculture has posted a notice on its website warning that Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits won't be issued on Nov. 1.

"Bottom line, the well has run dry," reads the notice, which also blames Democrats for the second-longest shutdown in U.S. history.

Republican and Democratic lawmakers remain at a stalemate on finding a government funding solution. The Senate has continued to fail to advance bill that would reopen the government until Nov. 21. The House remains out of session next week.

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Oct 07, 2025, 5:56 AM EDT

Trump to host Canadian prime minister on Tuesday

President Donald Trump is scheduled on Tuesday to host Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney at the White House.

The pair are expected to hold a meeting in the Oval Office just before noon, which is to be followed by a lunch in the cabinet room.

Canada Prime Minister Mark Carney arrives at Joint Base Andrews, near Washington D.C., Monday, Oct. 6, 2025.
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"We’re here to keep building a new economic and security relationship with the United States -- one that empowers our workers and businesses with greater certainty and new opportunities," Carney said on social media as he arrived in Washington on Monday.

-ABC News' Isabella Murray

Oct 06, 2025, 8:53 PM EDT

Multiple air traffic control towers short-staffed, Burbank tower closed

As the government shutdown continues, air traffic controllers are beginning to call out in greater numbers, and the situation is changing quickly in certain areas of the country.

On Monday afternoon, Burbank Airport, near Los Angeles, announced it would have no air traffic controllers and would go "ATC ZERO," meaning normal flight operations would be suspended.

This is scheduled to last until 10 p.m. Monday night, according to Federal Aviation Administration documents.

In addition to Burbank, several other major facilities are also short-staffed.

Air traffic control centers in Newark, New Jersey, Denver, Colorado, Detroit, Michigan, Indianapolis, Indiana and Phoenix, Arizona, are facing shortages.

-ABC News' Sam Sweeney

Oct 06, 2025, 8:42 PM EDT

Trump slaps 25% tariff on medium and heavy-duty truck imports

In a post on social media on Monday, President Donald Trump said that all medium and heavy-duty truck imports into the U.S. would be tariffed at 25% starting on Nov. 1.

"Beginning November 1st, 2025, all Medium and Heavy Duty Trucks coming into the United States from other Countries will be Tariffed at the Rate of 25%. Thank you for your attention to this matter!" the president wrote.

This comes after Trump said in September that he'd enact that tariff on all "Heavy (Big!) Trucks" made abroad on Oct. 1.

-ABC News' Isabella Murray

Oct 06, 2025, 7:25 PM EDT

Trump says he’d be ‘happy’ to negotiate with Democrats if they’ll reopen the government

Trump said after the Senate failed again to pass a short-term GOP funding bill, that he'd be "happy" to negotiate with Democrats on any of their demands if they'd support Republican efforts to reopen the government.

“I am happy to work with the Democrats on their Failed Healthcare Policies, or anything else, but first they must allow our Government to re-open," Trump wrote on his social media platform.