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

A notice on top of its website says "the well has run dry."

ByKevin Shalvey, Megan Forrester, Ivan Pereira, and Alexandra Hutzler
Last Updated: October 26, 2025, 5:58 PM EDT

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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Here's how the news is developing.
Oct 06, 2025, 1:35 PM EDT

No layoffs have occurred since shutdown, White House says

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said no federal employees have been laid off despite the ongoing government shutdown.

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt holds a press briefing at the White House in Washington, October 6, 2025.
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But if the shutdown continues, Leavitt said layoffs will be an "unfortunate consequence."

"If this shutdown continues, layoffs are going to be an unfortunate consequence," Leavitt said.

She added that "thousands of federal workers" have been furloughed due to the shutdown.

Oct 06, 2025, 10:45 AM EDT

'There's nothing for us to negotiate': Johnson

Amid the government shutdown, Speaker Mike Johnson said "there's nothing" to negotiate and that "the ball is in the court of the Senate Democrats" to reopen the government.

"There's nothing for us to negotiate. The House has done its job," Johnson said during a press conference on Monday.

Johnson indicated there would be a willingness among Republicans to discuss "fixing" health care with Democrats, but not until the GOP stopgap funding measure is passed.

He said that Republicans "want to improve health care," but right now Democrats have "decided they would pick a fight with health care."

A general view of the U.S. Capitol at sunrise during a continued partial shutdown of the federal government in Washington, October 6, 2025.
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When asked about House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries' challenge to a debate, Johnson called Jeffries' actions "theatrics" and said that he already "had his shot."

Oct 06, 2025, 9:53 AM EDT

Jeffries challenges Johnson to 'primetime' floor debate amid shutdown

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries has challenged Speaker Mike Johnson to a "primetime" debate on the House floor this week on the government shutdown and GOP "health care crisis."

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries holds a news conference at the U.S. Capitol Building on October 3, 2025 in Washington.
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"Given the urgency of the moment and the Republican refusal to negotiate a bipartisan agreement, a debate on the House Floor will provide the American people with the transparency they deserve. It will also give you an opportunity to explain your my way or the highway approach to shutting the government down, when Democratic votes are needed to resolve the impasse that exists," Jeffries wrote in a letter to Johnson on Monday.

Jeffries said the debate could take place "any day this week" in "primetime, broadcast live to the American people."

This comes after GOP leaders canceled votes in the House amid the government shutdown.

-ABC News' Lauren Peller

Oct 06, 2025, 9:17 AM EDT

Hassett says shutdown will cost US GDP about $15B a week

White House economic advisor Kevin Hassett told CNBC on Monday morning that the government shutdown will cost the U.S. GDP about $15 billion per week.

US Capitol Police officers stand at a security checkpoint at the US Capitol building on the third day of the US government shutdown in Washington, October 3, 2025.
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"You know, my friends over at the Council of Economic Advisors gave me a report at the end of the week that said that it costs the U.S. GDP about $15 billion a week for a shutdown, or about a 10th of a percent of GDP. And so, if the shutdown continues for a long time, then there's going to be a lot of things that don't happen, and it will show up at the GDP number," Hassett said.

Hassett touted the current state of the economy and told CNBC that he believes the shutdown will ultimately be a footnote in history.

-ABC News' Hannah Demissie

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