The Brief

Millions of Americans began to lose food aid over the weekend as funding for SNAP lapsed because of the government shutdown.

The emergency funding that was mandated on Friday is still in limbo, making it unclear when benefits will resume and cards will be reloaded.

Meanwhile, the shutdown was entering its sixth week as Republicans and Democrats were still at a stalemate.

More than a month into the government shutdown, millions of Americans are uncertain this week when they will receive their federal food assistance again.

Last week, two federal judges in Rhode Island and Massachusetts ruled separately ordering the Trump administration to use emergency funds to continue funding the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, during the shutdown. But, days later,

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