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.

Key Headlines

Here's how the news is developing.
Oct 20, 2025, 9:16 AM EDT

Government shutdown Day 20: What to expect

The Senate will return on Monday evening to hold its 11th vote on the Republicans' clean funding bill. It will likely fail again.

House Speaker Mike Johnson is standing by his decision to keep the chamber out of session for its fourth consecutive week, telling ABC News Chief Washington Correspondent Jonathan Karl on "This Week" that he refuses to "come back and engage in anything until the government's reopened." Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries said Republicans have "no interest in doing the business of the American people."

The U.S. Capitol, Oct. 17, 2025, in Washington.
Rahmat Gul/AP

Starting on Monday, all federal courts will no longer have funding to sustain full, paid operations. While judges will continue to serve with pay, members of the nation's 33,000 court staff will either perform limited tasks unpaid or be put on furlough.

-ABC News' Allison Pecorin and Justin Gomez

Oct 17, 2025, 2:30 PM EDT

House will officially be out of session next week

The House has canceled votes for all next week as the government shutdown continues.

During the pro-forma session Friday afternoon, the clerk read a message from the speaker of the House designating Monday, Oct. 20 through Sunday, Oct. 26 "as a district work period."

Earlier Friday, House Republican leaders canceled votes for just Monday.

Members are still on a 48-hour notice to return.

-ABC News' Lauren Peller

Oct 17, 2025, 2:14 PM EDT

Dem targets Trump's ballroom with restrictive legislation during shutdown

California Democratic Rep. Mark Takano is taking aim at President Trump’s ballroom at the White House -- introducing legislation to prohibit the use of federal funds in its construction during a shutdown.

The White House has previously said that the construction of the ballroom is funded by private donations and that effort would continue during the ongoing government shutdown.

The bill is unlikely to pass in a Congress with Republican majorities in both chambers coupled with the president's veto power.

-ABC News' John Parkinson

Oct 17, 2025, 1:21 PM EDT

Federal courts have run out of money; only limited operations until shutdown ends

Starting Monday, all federal courts will no longer have funding to sustain full, paid operations.

While judges will continue to serve with pay, members of the nation's 33,000-court staff will either perform limited tasks unpaid or be put on furlough.

It will be up to each individual court to triage which cases and duties warrant unpaid work. There will likely be delays in cases up and down the judiciary.

The Supreme Court remains unaffected as it is not subject to annual appropriations.

-ABC News' Devin Dwyer

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