Some 42 million recipients of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits will have to wait for them to be restored after losing them on Saturday.

The pain of the shutdown is being felt by millions of other Americans as the federal government enters Day 32 of a funding squabble.

With food-stamp funding set to lapse Saturday, recipients are asking what happens to their benefits — and when help might resume.

President Donald Trump has come under fire after he hosted a "Great Gatsby" themed Halloween party just hours before millions of Americans lost their SNAP benefits.

Ruling in favor of a group of cities and community organizations that sued over the cuts, McConnell said that the USDA must fund SNAP using money in a contingency fund. But, he added that if the department finds that the money in the contingency fund is insufficient, then the agency must use other funding sources to make those payments.

Two federal judges on Friday said the Trump administration must tap into contingency funds to make SNAP payments during the government shutdown.

A federal judge in Rhode Island has ordered the Trump administration to distribute SNAP contingency money "as soon as possible."

Long lines have formed at food pantries across the U.S. as federal food benefits were cut off due to the government shutdown.

While a federal judge ordered the Trump administration to release contingency plan funds for the SNAP food program, it remains to be seen if these funds will be available to help feed Americans this weekend.

Los Angeles food banks scurry to fill the gap as Angelenos' SNAP benefits are interrupted by the federal government shutdown.