USDA warns that SNAP benefits are at risk next month
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Millions of Americans are set to lose access to federal food assistance as the government shutdown enters a fourth week. The funding lapse is likely to hurt grocery stores, transportation companies, local economies, and the broader U.S. economy.
The government shutdown stretched into Day 27 on Monday as the stalemate over how to reopen the government continues.
The countdown is on keep food on the table for about 42 million Americans who receive SNAP grocery assistance.