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The federal shutdown will halt November SNAP benefits. Here’s what you need to know.

In Texas, 3.5 million Texans — including 1.7 million children — rely on SNAP, also referred to as food stamps, each month.

The Texas Tribune

Snap Benefits Food Stamp Shutdown Looms: What It Means And How Will It Affect You

From 1 Nov, 42 million Americans lose SNAP benefits amid the 2025 shutdown, fuelling a national food crisis. Discover USDA warnings, political clashes over funding, and real-life struggles at food banks and homes.

International Business Times UK

Food banks brace for surge as federal food aid pause looms amid government shutdown

Food banks and pantries are bracing for a surge in demand if federal food aid is paused this weekend amid the government shutdown

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Republicans flirt with hardball offer on ending shutdown

If Democrats want "to pay SNAP recipients, open the government," Thune said.

Axios

‘The well has run dry’: The Trump administration thinks school lunches and baby formula are less important than winning a shutdown spat

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Federal food benefits and preschool aid to run dry starting Saturday if shutdown continues

Federal funds could begin running dry on Saturday that help tens of millions of Americans buy food for their families and send their toddlers to preschool if the government shutdown persists

The Independent UK

Food banks brace for 42 million without SNAP

The gap will be impossible to fill, those working to feed the nation's neediest said.

Axios

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The government shutdown staring contest will finally get real this week: Who blinks first?

ANALYSIS: Up until now, most of the American public has been insulated from the shutdown’s effects, Eric Garcia writes. But with SNAP recipients going hungry, labor groups demanding the government reopen and ongoing health insurance enrollment, Trump and Democrats might be forced to find a solution.

The Independent UK

‘History will not be kind to him’: Americans to go hungry after Trump cut SNAP benefits, while the dictator-in-chief demolishes the White House

Since assuming office for a second term this year, Donald Trump’s policies have benefited no one except himself. In the midst of the government shutdown, increased tariffs, and attacks on immigrant populations, Trump’s extreme measures are now impacting many low-income individuals who rely on SNAP benefits for their daily food…

The Mary Sue

US Says Food Assistance Will End Next Week as Shutdown Drags On

Millions risk losing SNAP benefits as the US government shutdown continues, with aid set to end next week.

International Business Times UK

Trump’s Federal Cuts Are Hitting Texas Food Banks Hard

Food pantries in the Lone Star State have lost over $50 million in funding this year, with more projected cuts to come.

Texas Observer

‘The well has run dry’: Trump’s USDA could cut off food stamps for 42 million Americans as admin blames Democrats

Food banks brace for impact as states demand USDA tap into billions of dollars in emergency funding

The Independent UK

How To Apply for SNAP Benefits

Here's what individuals and families need to know about SNAP eligibility, applying for SNAP, and what happens after submitting your SNAP application.

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USDA Says 'The Well Has Run Dry' For SNAP Benefits In November: 'We Are Approaching An Inflection Point...'

U.S. families relying on federal food aid could miss November benefits as the government shutdown drags on, the Agriculture Department warned in a notice posted this week.

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International Business Times UK

'The Well Has Run Dry': USDA Warns No SNAP Benefits Will Be Issued on 1 November as Government Funding Crisis Deepens

The USDA has announced that SNAP payments will cease on 1 November, raising alarm across the US as millions face uncertain food security amid ongoing political deadlock.

Euronews

US government to stop paying for food aid from November as second-longest shutdown continues

The new notice comes after the Trump administration said it would not tap roughly $5 billion in contingency funds to keep benefits through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, (SNAP), used by one in every eight Americans.

International Business Times UK

Trump Administration Slammed for Cutting Food Aid: 42 Million Americans Face Hunger Crisis

Nearly 42 million Americans could lose SNAP benefits on November 1, raising fears of a hunger crisis said to rival that of the Great Depression.

Roll Call

USDA says it can't use contingency fund for food stamps - Roll Call

The Agriculture Department says it can’t use a reserve fund to pay food stamp benefits during the partial government shutdown.

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The Guardian - US

Americans brace for food stamps to run out: ‘The greatest hunger catastrophe since the Great Depression’

Nearly 42 million people in danger as federal government shutdown continues and Snap funding to end 1 November

Axios

Exclusive: USDA says it won't use emergency funds for food stamps

States also won't be reimbursed if they cover SNAP expenses on their own, the memo says.

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A Complete Guide to SNAP Benefits

Every new year involves reassessing your finances and reconfiguring how your monthly budget. It's also the time of year to re-up your SNAP application.

The Independent UK

States worry about how to fill the gap in food aid ahead of a federal benefits halt

A federal food aid program that helps about one in eight Americans buy groceries stands to be paused Nov. 1 because of the government shutdown

The Independent UK

Trump administration: President expands ‘narco’ boat strikes to Pacific Ocean as at least 34 killed in ongoing campaign

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said ‘narco-terrorists’ have ‘no safe harbor anywhere in our hemisphere’

The Guardian - US

RFK Jr railed against ultra-processed foods. Trump’s policies encourage their production

Experts say the administration’s Maha agenda ‘betrays the public’ and doesn’t actually seek to regulate junk food

The Guardian - US

California to set aside $80m and deploy national guard to assist food banks amid shutdown

Gavin Newsom criticized Trump for ‘endangering people’s lives’ as shutdown sets stage for delayed food benefits

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