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

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

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, 1:18 PM EDT

Schumer says Trump must get more involved in shutdown negotiations

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer called on Trump to get more directly involved in negotiations over government funding during remarks on the Senate floor, directly blaming House Speaker Mike Johnson and calling him a "massive roadblock" in negotiations.

"Ending this shutdown will require Donald Trump to step in and push Speaker Johnson to negotiate because without the president's involvement, Speaker Johnson and MAGA Republicans in the House are increasingly dug in," Schumer said on the floor.

The Capitol is illuminated at dawn on the 6th day of the government shutdown, at the Capitol in Washington, Oct. 6, 2025.
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"Yesterday President Trump claimed that he is talking with Democrats on fixing health care. He now clearly knows that he has to show the American people at least some fig leaf of caring, so he said he is talking with Democrats in the health care issue. Only one problem: that's not true," Schumer said, echoing a statement he released on Monday night.

"I'm not sure what the president was talking about yesterday but he certainly hasn't called my office, or Leader Jeffries. Still, Jeffries and I happily welcome a chance to talk with the president and with Republicans to sit down and seriously negotiate with them so we can address the health care crisis facing Americans. The sooner the better. But it takes two sides to negotiate," Schumer said.

-ABC News' Allison Pecorin

Oct 07, 2025, 12:51 PM EDT

Trump says 'substantial' job cuts will occur if shutdown continues

Trump said that if the government shutdown continues, there will be "substantial" job cuts and that "a lot of those jobs will never come back."

When asked about what programs will be eliminated, Trump said "We'll be announcing it pretty soon," saying that he would "be able to tell you that in four or five days."

President Donald Trump meets with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, October 7, 2025.
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"We have a lot of things that we're going to eliminate and permanently eliminate," Trump said while meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney.

Trump said Democrats have handed him the opportunity to "take out billions and billions of dollars of waste, fraud and abuse" on a "silver platter."

Oct 07, 2025, 12:49 PM EDT

Trump calls shutdown a 'kamikaze attack' by Democrats

Trump called the ongoing government shutdown a "kamikaze attack" by Democrats, saying "They're the ones that started it."

President Donald Trump meets with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, October 7, 2025.
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"This is like a kamikaze attack. They have nothing to lose," Trump while taking questions before a meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney.

Oct 07, 2025, 12:36 PM EDT

Trump on furloughed employees getting back pay: 'Depends on who we are talking about'

Asked whether furloughed federal workers should receive back pay after the government shutdown, Trump replied that it "depends on who we are talking about.

"But for the most part, we're going to take care of our people. There are some people that really don't deserve to be taken care of, and we'll take care of them in a different way," Trump said while meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney.

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