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 16, 2025, 12:05 PM EDT

Senate fails for 10th time to advance a government funding bill

The Senate failed to advance, for the 10th time, a bill that would've funded the government through Nov. 21.

The bill failed by a vote of 51-45 on Thursday. It would have needed 60 votes to advance.

There was no movement on the vote. Sen. Rand Paul remained the only Republican to vote against it. Democratic Sens. Catherine Cortez Masto and John Fetterman, and Independent Angus King once again voted for the bill.

Majority Leader Thune switched his vote to a no at the end of the vote. This is a procedural move that allows him to more quickly call the bill up for a future vote.

Sen. James Lankford, Senate Majority Leader John Thune and Senate Majority Whip John Barrasso step away from reporters following a Republican policy luncheon at the U.S. Capitol, October 15, 2025 in Washington.
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This is the last vote on government funding the Senate is expected to take this week. The Senate is expected to leave Washington later Thursday, all but ensuring the government shutdown will last until at least Monday.

ABC News' Allison Pecorin

Oct 16, 2025, 11:52 AM EDT

Judge blocks Trump from withholding counterterrorism grant to NY

A federal judge in New York blocked the Trump administration on Thursday from rescinding nearly $34 million from the MTA and NYPD designated for counter terrorism, finding the withholding of the money "arbitrary, capricious and a blatant violation of the law."

FEMA cut the funds because, the agency said, New York City is a sanctuary city.

Judge Lewis Kaplan said the MTA is a state agency and not "an instrumentality of New York City."

President Donald Trump speaks during a press conference in the Oval Office of the White House, October 15, 2025 in Washington.
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The judge also noted the transit system has been the target of no fewer than eight attempted terror attacks since 9/11.

Kaplan's order requires the administration to reinstate the bulk of the money, which is split between the MTA and NYPD.

-ABC News' Aaron Katersky

Oct 16, 2025, 9:53 AM EDT

On Day 16 of shutdown, Senate's Thune to try separate vote on defense

On Day 16 of the federal government shutdown, the Senate is expected to hold a likely doomed vote once again on reopening the government. This will be the 10th time a vote on the GOP's clean continuing resolution is held.

But in addition to the short-term government funding bill, there will also be a procedural vote on a bill that would fund the Department of Defense for the full calendar year. But like the short-term funding bill that the Senate has now rejected nine times, it will need 60 votes to advance.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune speaks to reporters as Senate Republican leaders hold a press conference following their weekly policy lunch on Capitol Hill in Washington, October 15, 2025.
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With this bill, Senate Majority Leader John Thune is daring Democrats to vote against, among other things, funding pay for the troops for the full year. Thune has signaled that, if the Senate does successfully get on to this package Thursday, he'll attempt to affix funding bills for additional agencies to it using regular order on the Senate floor.

-ABC News' Allison Pecorin

Oct 15, 2025, 4:32 PM EDT

'We got the people we want paid, paid': Trump

President Donald Trump and FBI Director Kash Patel were asked about payments to FBI members during the shutdown and the president reiterated that his stance for not paying what he contended were Democratic agencies and programs.

"We got the people that we want paid, paid, OK," he said. "And we want the FBI paid. We want the military paid. We got the people that we want paid."

President Donald Trump speaks during a press conference in the Oval Office of the White House, October 15, 2025 in Washington.
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"The Democrats, they don't talk about this. We're getting rid of programs that we didn't like but that were negotiated in. But we did," he added. "We're terminating those programs and they're going to be terminated on a permanent basis."

The president referenced the cuts to the Gateway Project by OMB Director Russ Vought.

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