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

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

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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Oct 06, 2025, 6:23 PM EDT

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, 4:35 PM EDT

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."

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, 4:32 PM EDT

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.

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 06, 2025, 1:48 PM EDT

White House 'working very hard to move the ball forward' on Gaza ceasefire talks: Leavitt

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said the administration is "working very hard to move the ball forward as quickly as we can" as the ceasefire talks are underway.

"Technical talks" are ongoing and joined by Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, she said during a press briefing Monday afternoon.

"[President Donald Trump] wants to see a ceasefire. He wants to see the hostages released, and the technical teams are discussing that as we speak, to ensure that the environment is perfect to release those hostages," Leavitt said. "They're going over the lists of both the Israeli hostages and also the political prisoners who will be released."

Leavitt did not address how long the White House expects technical talks to last or if Trump is providing Hamas a new timeline to reach an agreement on his peace plan.

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