Government shutdown updates: Judge lays out path for SNAP benefits

On Tuesday, more than two dozen states and the District of Columbia filed a lawsuit in Massachusetts suing the Trump administration over the impending loss of SNAP benefits amid the government shutdown.

About 42 million Americans are poised to lose their Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits when federal funding comes to a halt on Nov. 1. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has said it would not use emergency funds to give a lifeline to program funding. The states are seeking to have the court order USDA to use all available funds to keep SNAP benefits funded in November.

"Suspending SNAP benefits in these circumstances is both contrary to law and arbitrary and capricious under the Administrative Procedure Act," the lawsuit reads. "USDA's suspension of SNAP benefits is irreparably harming Plaintiff States -- a harm that increases every day SNAP benefits are delayed."

The states suing the administration are Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington, Wisconsin as well as the District of Columbia.

The Senate on Tuesday took a 13th try on the GOP's clean funding bill that would have reopened the federal government until Nov. 21.

Again, it failed to pass by a vote of 54-45. It needed 60 votes to advance. No lawmaker changed their position from the previous votes.

-ABC News' Allison Pecorin

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

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.

"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.