Overview
- Federal judges in Massachusetts and Rhode Island ordered the administration to fund SNAP from an emergency reserve of about $5 billion and to report plans by Monday.
- Courts signaled benefits could be partial for November, card reloads may take one to two weeks, and further legal action remains possible.
- The shutdown that began on Oct. 1 has entered a second month with no stopgap agreement, leaving hundreds of thousands of federal employees furloughed or unpaid.
- President Trump pressed Republicans to use the “nuclear option” to eliminate the Senate filibuster so a GOP majority can pass funding, though only the Senate can change its rules.
- The CBO projects permanent economic losses of roughly $7–14 billion depending on duration, with disputes over Affordable Care Act subsidy extensions a key sticking point.