The U.S. Department of Agriculture says federal food aid will not go out on November 1, as the government shutdown continues. About 40 million Americans rely on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, commonly referred to as SNAP, to buy groceries. The new notice comes after the Trump administration said it would not tap into the roughly $5 billion in contingency funds to keep benefits through funded in November. | CBS News

For the first time, Americans are facing losing food benefits, known as SNAP, due to a shutdown. Around 1-in-8 Americans depend on the program to help pay for groceries. Gina Plata-Nino, the interim director of the Food Research and Action Center, a non-profit that looks at SNAP, says there is a contingency fund that could be used to help cover the costs of the program. The Trump administration says that fund is reserved for emergencies, like helping people in disaster areas. https://cbsn.ws/3La