Washington: The government shutdown in the United States stretches on. The clock for food aid moves toward zero. Disaster creeps through grocery store aisles in silence.

Forty two million people rely on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Programme. SNAP (SNAP) functions as the primary food source for low-income families. The programme reaches every corner of the country. Poverty rules most SNAP households. The benefit determines whether children eat dinner.

The Department of Agriculture told states on October 10 that SNAP funding ends in November if lawmakers fail to act. The notice came with cold precision. The warning ripped through offices that track hunger.

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The White House places blame on the Democrats. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins too

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