Judges order funding of SNAP benefits
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More than 41 million families who rely on the food stamp benefits will be left without the financial assistance due to a lapse in federal funding caused by the shutdown.
The pain of the shutdown is being felt by millions of other Americans as the federal government enters Day 32 of a funding squabble.
On Saturday, some 42 million low-income Americans, including 16 million children, lost access to benefits through the SNAP program as the government shutdown continues.
As SNAP benefits freeze amid the federal government shutdown, Cleveland food pantries face rising demand. “This is a man-made disaster,” said Greater Cleveland Food Bank President and CEO Kristin Warzochn.
Michigan joined a multi-state lawsuit seeking federal contingency funds for SNAP benefits amid the government shutdown.
In a news release about $4 million going to the Utah Food Bank, the state's top elected leaders blamed Democrats for the federal shutdown, even as Republican control all branches of government.
Trump, back from a weeklong trip in Asia, will have to confront how to handle deepening impacts from the shutdown on Americans.
A group of Republican Pennsylvania elected officials, including U.S. Rep. Ryan Mackenzie, are hosting a food drive in Lehigh County Saturday, as thousands of families in the region face hunger due
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