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Government shutdown updates: Judge lays out path for SNAP benefits

The administration could use $5 billion in emergency funds and tariff revenue.

ByDavid Brennan, Alexandra Hutzler, and Ivan Pereira
Last Updated: November 2, 2025, 3:21 PM EST

Republican and Democratic lawmakers remain at a stalemate on finding a government funding solution to end what is now the second-longest shutdown in U.S. history.

The Senate on Thursday adjourned until Monday afternoon, which will mark the 34th day of the government shutdown. 

Meanwhile, a federal judge has laid out a path for the administration to fund SNAP benefits, which ran out on Saturday, saying the administration could tap more than $5 billion in emergency funds, as well as a much larger pot of tariff revenue collected by the Agriculture Department to fund the program.

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Here's how the news is developing.
Oct 28, 2025, 8:40 AM EDT

Vance expected to meet with Senate GOP after 13th vote on clean funding bill

Vice President JD Vance is expected to come to Capitol Hill on Tuesday to attend a closed-door lunch with Senate Republicans, three sources familiar with the plan confirmed to ABC News.

His attendance at the weekly policy lunch will come as the federal government shutdown hits day 28, and as the Senate takes a 13th vote on a clean funding bill aimed at reopening the government through Nov. 21. The vote is set for 11:30 a.m. ET. So far, the measure has failed to gain the 60 votes needed to advance.

ABC News' Hannah Demissie and Allison Pecorin

Oct 27, 2025, 3:24 PM EDT

World Central Kitchen distributes meals to federal workers in Washington

World Central Kitchen, the humanitarian group founded by Chef José Andrés, distributed food to federal workers affected by the ongoing government shutdown. Federal workers missed their first full paycheck on Friday.

Workers with chef Jose Andres' World Central Kitchen distribute more than 1100 meals for federal workers and their families in Canal Park, Oct. 27, 2025, in Washington.
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"Our teams are serving thousands of free meals prepared by local restaurants to people impacted by the U.S. government shutdown," the group wrote on X.

A person gets a bottle of water to go with a meal distributed by chef Jose Andres' World Central Kitchen for federal workers and their families in Canal Park, Oct. 27, 2025, in Washington.
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Volunteers of the World Central Kitchen hand out free meals in Washington, October 27, 2025.
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Oct 27, 2025, 2:49 PM EDT

47 states issue SNAP benefit warnings

Forty-seven states are warning millions of low-income Americans that they will not receive federal food assistance in November if the government shutdown continues, according to notices on government websites and public statements from governors.

Virginia had warned of a lapse in benefits, but Republican Gov. Glenn Younkin declared a state of emergency last week, announcing he'd use funds from the state's surplus to provide relief for the 850,000 Virginians who depend on the program. There have been no public statements from officials or postings on government websites for Nebraska or Indiana

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson speaks about the government shutdown, now on Day 27, during a press conference at the Capitol in Washington, October 27, 2025.
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USDA has warned that states will not be reimbursed if they cover the cost of these benefits during the shutdown.

-ABC News' Justin Gomez

Oct 27, 2025, 10:24 AM EDT

Union representing federal workers calls on lawmakers to pass short-term spending bill

The president of the country's largest union representing federal workers is calling on lawmakers on Monday to pass a short-term spending bill to end the shutdown.

"It's time to pass a clean continuing resolution and end this shutdown today. No half measures, and no gamesmanship. Put every single federal worker back on the job with full back pay -- today," American Federation of Government Employees National President Everett Kelley said in a statement. The statement was first shared with NBC News.

The American Federation of Government Employees represents over 800,000 federal and Washington, D.C., government workers.

Trees with autumn leaves stand in front of the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C., October 23, 2025.
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"It's time for our leaders to start focusing on how to solve problems for the American people, rather than on who is going to get the blame for a shutdown that Americans dislike," Kelley said.

Senate Republicans have failed to pass a clean short-term measure as Democrats dig in on health care priorities, specifically extending subsidies under the Affordable Care Act.

-ABC News' Justin Gomez

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