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.

Key Headlines

Here's how the news is developing.
Oct 07, 2025, 12:36 PM EDT

Trump on furloughed employees getting back pay: 'Depends on who we are talking about'

Asked whether furloughed federal workers should receive back pay after the government shutdown, Trump replied that it "depends on who we are talking about.

"But for the most part, we're going to take care of our people. There are some people that really don't deserve to be taken care of, and we'll take care of them in a different way," Trump said while meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney.

Oct 07, 2025, 10:48 AM EDT

Johnson says he talked to Trump 'at length' ahead of Senate vote on Tuesday

Speaker Mike Johnson said that he spoke with President Donald Trump "at length" on Monday regarding the government shutdown ahead of the Senate's vote on Tuesday, saying the president "wants to solve the problem."

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson holds a press conference about the government shutdown at the US Capitol in Washington, October 6, 2025.
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Johnson was asked about the president's comments on Monday, when he said that "we are speaking with Democrats" and that "some good things could happen with health care."

"The president is a dealmaker. He likes to figure these things out and work toward solutions," Johnson said during a press conference on Tuesday.

But Johnson said that discussions regarding health care will not happen until "the Democrats stop inflicting pain on the American people and turn the lights back on Congress and get everybody back to work."

Oct 07, 2025, 5:56 AM EDT

Trump to host Canadian prime minister on Tuesday

President Donald Trump is scheduled on Tuesday to host Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney at the White House.

The pair are expected to hold a meeting in the Oval Office just before noon, which is to be followed by a lunch in the cabinet room.

Canada Prime Minister Mark Carney arrives at Joint Base Andrews, near Washington D.C., Monday, Oct. 6, 2025.
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"We’re here to keep building a new economic and security relationship with the United States -- one that empowers our workers and businesses with greater certainty and new opportunities," Carney said on social media as he arrived in Washington on Monday.

-ABC News' Isabella Murray

Oct 06, 2025, 8:53 PM EDT

Multiple air traffic control towers short-staffed, Burbank tower closed

As the government shutdown continues, air traffic controllers are beginning to call out in greater numbers, and the situation is changing quickly in certain areas of the country.

On Monday afternoon, Burbank Airport, near Los Angeles, announced it would have no air traffic controllers and would go "ATC ZERO," meaning normal flight operations would be suspended.

This is scheduled to last until 10 p.m. Monday night, according to Federal Aviation Administration documents.

In addition to Burbank, several other major facilities are also short-staffed.

Air traffic control centers in Newark, New Jersey, Denver, Colorado, Detroit, Michigan, Indianapolis, Indiana and Phoenix, Arizona, are facing shortages.

-ABC News' Sam Sweeney

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