Overview
- SNAP funding remains in legal limbo after the Supreme Court temporarily blocked lower-court orders for full payments, allowing only partial disbursements.
- The USDA directed states to immediately reverse any full SNAP payouts and warned of potential penalties for noncompliance, creating confusion for agencies and recipients.
- Roughly 42 million people who rely on SNAP are facing delayed or reduced benefits, and many unpaid federal workers are turning to food banks during the prolonged shutdown.
- The FAA reduced air traffic as staffing thinned, with more than 1,500 cancellations reported Saturday and over 2,500 by evening, and officials warned of further cuts near Thanksgiving.
- The Senate approved a 60–40 plan to end the shutdown and sent it to the House, where action would determine restoration of services and federal paychecks.