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.
Senate adjourns for the weekend, shutdown continues into next week
The Senate has adjourned until 3 p.m. on Monday.
The move comes after Democrats blocked the chamber from moving forward on a clean government funding bill for the 10th time. Democrats also stopped the Senate from moving forward with debate on a full-year funding bill for the Department of Defense.
The U.S. Capitol in Washington, October 15, 2025.
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The government will remain shut down until at least Monday, Oct. 20. It will be the 20th day of the shutdown.
-ABC News' Allison Pecorin
Oct 16, 2025, 1:07 PM EDT
Schumer says Thune 'has not come to me with any proposal'
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer told reporters Thursday that Republicans did not offer any proposal to vote to extend the Affordable Care Act subsidies, putting congressional leaders at odds as the government shutdown drags on, and the finger-pointing continues.
"Look, we're not negotiating in public. Plain and simple," Schumer, D-N.Y., said when asked if Thune had made the offer. "Leader Thune has not come to me with any proposal at this point."
Throughout the 16-day shutdown, Republicans have maintained they will not negotiate with Democrats while the government is shut down. But Democrats are not swayed by the promise of negotiations in the future – pushing for an agreement that addresses healthcare and also reopens the government.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer speaks to reporters, as Senate Democratic leaders hold a press conference following their weekly policy lunch on Capitol Hill in Washington, October 15, 2025.
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"The American people are facing one of the most devastating crises they have faced in terms of cost, and we still have not heard crickets of any negotiation with Johnson or with Thune," Schumer said. "The Republicans are on the defensive. They keep changing their stories and changing their arguments, but we are on the side of the American people."
ABC News' John Parkinson
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.
