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USDA says SNAP benefits won't be issued on Nov. 1

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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.

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  • USDA says it won’t issue SNAP benefits on Nov. 1
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Oct 17, 2025 5:22 PM

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


Oct 17, 2025 4:46 PM

House expected to be out of session next week

House Republicans leaders officially canceled votes for next Monday, Oct. 20 as the shutdown continues.

Speaker Mike Johnson plans to keep the House on an indefinite 48-hour notice return, meaning the House will be out again all next week unless there is Senate action to resolve the government shutdown.

PHOTO: The U.S. Capitol in Washington, October 15, 2025.
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The U.S. Capitol in Washington, October 15, 2025.
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Next week will be the fourth conservative week the House has been on recess. The House took its last vote on Sept. 19 and was also on recess the week of Sept. 22 for the Jewish holidays.

There are no House committee hearings or markups scheduled for next week.

ABC News' Lauren Peller


Oct 17, 2025 4:44 PM

Speaker Johnson issues apology to Americans 'suffering' as shutdown continues

House Speaker Mike Johnson reflected on another week of the shutdown -- issuing a public apology to the millions of Americans who are "suffering."

"I just feel like we ought to apologize," Johnson said at a news conference on Friday, Day 17 of the shutdown. "I hate that we have to do this. I don't want to be here any more than you do talking about this subject. It is so difficult to be a happy warrior when you know that so many millions of American people are suffering," he said.

Johnson blamed Democrats for the ongoing shutdown -- calling on Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer again to reopen the government.

"We're afraid that Americans are going to continue to suffer at the hands of Democrats' political games," he said.

ABC News' John Parkinson, Selina Wang and Lauren Peller



Oct 17, 2025 5:49 PM

Jeffries says Dems are standing firm as shutdown drags on

On Day 17 of the government shutdown, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries is standing firm against Republican pressure to end the standoff -- insisting Democrats remain united as partisanship continues to block a breakthrough.

"House and Senate Democrats are going to continue to hold firm as it relates to a basic common sense position, that when we enact spending bills we should be helping the American people, not hurting them," Jeffries told reporters Friday morning.

PHOTO: House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries speaks to the press at the U.S. Capitol, October 17, 2025 in Washington.
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House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries speaks to the press at the U.S. Capitol, October 17, 2025 in Washington.
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He added that Democrats "will not support a partisan Republican spending bill that continues to gut the healthcare of the American people."

"Let's sit down in good faith to reopen the government," Jeffries said.

Asked by ABC News about when the pain of a shutdown might reach a breaking point for Democrats' heath care demands, Jeffries blamed Republicans and their absence on Capitol Hill .

"Part of the problem is that House Republicans are nowhere to be found, literally, have been on vacation for three consecutive weeks," Jeffries said.

-ABC News' Selina Wang, Lauren Peller and John Parkinson


Oct 17, 2025 6:14 PM

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


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