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

PHOTO: A "SNAP welcomed here" sign is seen at the entrance to a Big Lots store in Portland, Oregon, Oct 28, 2020.
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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.

Key Headlines

  • USDA says it won’t issue SNAP benefits on Nov. 1
  • House cancels votes next week
  • Federal workers missing 1st full paycheck
Here's how the news is developing.

Oct 07, 2025 5:25 PM

Senate fails to pass GOP funding bill to end shutdown

The Senate failed to advance the Republicans’ clean government funding bill that would extend government funding through Nov. 21 by a vote of 52-42. The government shutdown will continue into tomorrow.

The legislation would have needed 60 votes to advance.

Democratic Sens. Catherine Cortez Masto, John Fetterman and independent Angus King voted in favor of the bill. Republican Sen. Rand Paul voted against it.

PHOTO: Senate Majority Leader Sen. John Thune auses as he speaks to members of the press outside the Senate chamber at the U.S. Capitol, October 6, 2025 in Washington.
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Senate Majority Leader Sen. John Thune auses as he speaks to members of the press outside the Senate chamber at the U.S. Capitol, October 6, 2025 in Washington.
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No other senators flipped their vote. There were five absences: GOP Sens. John Curtis, John Kennedy and Thom Tillis, and Democratic Sens. Martin Heinrich and Jacky Rosen.

Aides have told ABC News that the Senate is expected to take the same two votes again tomorrow for a sixth time. There is at this stage no indication that the outcome will be different when the vote is called tomorrow.

-ABC News’ Allison Pecorin


Oct 06, 2025 10:24 PM

Senate again rejects Democrats’ funding bill

For the fifth time, the Senate rejected the Democrats’ government funding bill that includes health care provisions by a vote of 45-50. It would have needed 60 votes to advance. No Republicans voted for it.

The Senate is now voting on a procedural vote on the clean extension of government funding through Nov. 21. This bill would also need 60 votes to advance. If Democratic Sens. Catherine Cortez Masto and John Fetterman and independent Angus King again vote yes, and Republican Sen. Rand Paul again votes no, five more Democrats would need to flip their vote in order to keep the bill moving.

-ABC News’ Allison Pecorin


Oct 06, 2025 8:54 PM

Trump says WH is speaking with Democrats regarding shutdown

While signing an executive order on Monday, President Donald Trump said that "we are speaking with Democrats" regarding the ongoing government shutdown and that "some good things could happen with health care."

PHOTO: President Donald Trump delivers remarks during an event to sign executive orders, at the White House, in Washington, October 6, 2025.
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President Donald Trump delivers remarks during an event to sign executive orders, at the White House, in Washington, October 6, 2025.
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"Just hang in there, because I think a lot of good things could happen, and that could also pertain to health care," Trump said.

Trump said, "if we made the right deal," then he would make a deal with Democrats regarding the Affordable Care Act subsidies.

"If we made the right deal, I’d make a deal. Sure," Trump said on Monday.



Oct 06, 2025 8:35 PM

Trump signs executive order reversing Biden-era rule to allow for 'richest mining deposits' in Alaska

President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday reversing an order from former President Joe Biden, allowing for mining in Alaska for "extraordinary resource potential."

"On day one, he signed in a very important executive order unleashing Alaska's extraordinary resource potential. And this is part of the continuation. There's a number of things that have already happened with Alaska that are moving forward. There's more to come. But big milestone today in reversing this Biden-era decision about the Ambler Road," Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum said on Monday.

PHOTO: President Donald Trump listens as Interior Secretary Doug Burgum speaks to reporters in the Oval Office at the White House, Oct. 6, 2025, in Washington.
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President Donald Trump listens as Interior Secretary Doug Burgum speaks to reporters in the Oval Office at the White House, Oct. 6, 2025, in Washington.
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Ambler Mining District in Alaska has "some of the richest mining deposits," Burgum said.

"This was something that should have been long operating and making billions of dollars for our country and supplying a lot of energy and minerals and everything else that we're talking about," Trump said.


Oct 21, 2025 11:07 PM

Schumer says Trump shouldn’t leave for Asia without negotiating with Democrats

In a brief statement Tuesday evening, Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said Trump should not leave for his trip to Asia without first negotiating with Democrats to end the shutdown.

"The country is in a health care crisis unlike we've ever seen and Donald Trump, instead of leaving the country, or before he leaves the country, should sit down and negotiate with us so we can address this horrible crisis," Schumer said.

Schumer said the White House has not "directly" responded to a request made by him and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries for a meeting.

PHOTO: Democratic Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer speaks about the ongoing government shutdown in the US Capitol in Washington, October 21, 2025.
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Democratic Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer speaks about the ongoing government shutdown in the US Capitol in Washington, October 21, 2025.
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"Not directly. We saw something the president said at his meeting, but we haven't heard a direct response, and we're going to follow up," Schumer told ABC News.

Asked to respond to Republicans repeatedly asserting that they won’t meet with Democrats until the government is reopened, Schumer fired back at Trump.

"The president should meet with us. It's not me, him or anything political. It's that the people are in crisis. Every day. They're getting these bills, the notifications of how much they're going to pay,” Schumer said. “And they're just — people are struck of the difficult they would be in not having health care, not being able to pay the rent if they pay for health care. They're just shocked at how bad this is. Trump has an obligation to negotiate with us and solve this problem."

-ABC News’ Allison Pecorin


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