The shutdown leaves one in eight Americans unsure how they’ll buy food

The antihunger benefits program known as SNAP is, as of today, on pause, and millions of Americans have not received money that they were counting on to buy groceries this weekend. That’s despite two federal judges ruling yesterday that the pause is unlawful. President Trump said last night he’s open to keeping SNAP going despite the government shutdown, but how or when that might happen is still unclear today.

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