New Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) rules are going into effect on Saturday, even as benefits will already not be issued through November without federal funding due to the

Families across the U.S. that receive food aid through the SNAP benefit program did not see any money loaded onto their EBT cards on Saturday. The impacts are being felt in New York, with food pantries and soup kitchens preparing for greater demand.

The shutdown is one day away from tying the record set during the first Trump administration for the longest in U.S. history with no sign of ending.

Many shoppers are trying to stretch out their final dollars as they face the reality of what they’ll have to shell out without government assistance.

New Birth Missionary Baptist Church will host a Saturday food giveaway to feed 2,000 families affected by the SNAP pause.

A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to release emergency SNAP funds just one day before benefits were set to stop. The order gives the United States Department of Agriculture until Monday to detail how benefits will be paid out.

The federal government shutdown caused a pause in the disbursement of SNAP benefits for November, but DoorDash is stepping in to help.