Overview
- The Supreme Court issued a temporary stay on a lower-court ruling that would have required full November SNAP disbursements, with further action pending in the First Circuit.
- The Agriculture Department said it can provide roughly half the funding needed for November SNAP, a program that serves about 42 million people.
- President Trump urged Senate Republicans to redirect hundreds of billions of dollars from Obamacare insurer subsidies directly to citizens to pay for healthcare.
- Trump said he is making progress with Republicans on abolishing the Senate filibuster to move long-sought GOP initiatives.
- The shutdown that began on October 1 continues, with Politico reporting some Republican senators may break with Trump if he blocks talks on extending Obamacare subsidies.