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.
Trump delivers GOP's message on shutdown: 'We will not be extorted'
Speaking to Senate Republicans gathered at the White House Rose Garden, President Donald Trump delivered a message as the government shutdown officially enters its third week.
"I want to just say from the beginning, our message has been very simple. We will not be extorted on this crazy plot of theirs. They've never done this before. Nobody has. You always vote for an extension. Chuck Schumer and the Senate Democrats need to vote for the clean bipartisan CR and reopen our government," Trump said, prompting applause from the GOP lawmakers in attendance.
"They are the obstructionists," Trump said.
President Donald Trump speaks as he hosts a lunch with Republican Senators on the Rose Garden patio at the White House, Oct. 21, 2025, in Washington.
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Director of the U.S. Office of Management and Budget Russell Vought attends a Rose Garden Club lunch, hosted by U.S. President Donald Trump, at the White House in Washington, October 21, 2025.
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Oct 21, 2025, 10:59 AM EDT
Government shutdown Day 21: What to expect
Republican senators will be at the White House on Tuesday afternoon for lunch in the Rose Garden with President Donald Trump. It's unclear what's on the agenda, but it comes as the party continues to pressure Democrats to reopen the government.
On Capitol Hill, the House remains out of session, and there is currently no vote scheduled in the Senate on a short-term funding bill.
-ABC News' Justin Gomez
President Donald Trump arrives to honor the Louisiana State University and LSU Shreveport championship baseball teams in the East Room of the White House in Washington, October 20, 2025.
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Oct 21, 2025, 10:45 AM EDT
DC food bank braces for wave of hunger as shutdown pushes families to the brink
As the government shutdown drags on, Capital Area Food Bank is bracing for a sharp rise in demand. Starting this week, the organization will launch new food distributions for federal workers and contractors who must present government ID to receive assistance.
"Many of the families affected now have been living paycheck to paycheck," CEO Radha Muthiah told ABC News. "With a missed paycheck, they aren't able to address all of their needs, pay their rent, pay for child care, pay for transportation. And what we know is that food is that line item in the budget that often will get squeezed."
The food bank said it has mapped neighborhoods with high concentrations of low-income federal employees and contractors, and will distribute both produce and shelf-stable groceries to affected families.
The surge comes at a precarious moment for the region. According to the food bank's 2025 Hunger Report, 36% of residents struggled to put food on the table at some point last year. For households impacted by reductions in force, the number climbs even higher to 41%.
U.S. Capitol police officers chat on the steps of the Capitol in Washington, October 20, 2025.
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"One in three individuals need some help putting food on the table, and that came before the federal government RIFs this spring, and which obviously has come before this shutdown," Muthiah said. "So it's just a layering effect of greater need in our community and across the country at this time."
--ABC News' Selina Wang
Oct 20, 2025, 6:41 PM EDT
Senate fails for 11th time to advance government funding bill
The Senate on Monday failed to advance, for the eleventh time, a bill that would have funded the government through Nov. 21.
The vote failed, 50-43. It needed 60 votes to advance.
There was no movement on the vote -- Sen. Rand Paul remained the only Republican to vote against the bill. Democratic Sens. Catherine Cortez Masto and independent Angus King voted for it. Sen. John Fetterman, who has typically been voting in favor of the legislation, was absent from votes Monday.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune speaks with reporters at the Capitol in Washington, Oct. 15, 2025.
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Majority Leader John Thune switched his vote to 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.
