With benefits expected to run out Saturday because of the government shutdown, Democratic leaders of 25 states allege the USDA is required to keep providing funds.

WASHINGTON, Oct 25 (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Saturday that food benefits under one of the country's biggest social assistance programs will not be issued next month amid the ongoing federal government shutdown.

Millions of Americans could lose access to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, benefits in the coming weeks amid the federal government shutdown. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins tell CNN’s Boris Sanchez USDA cannot tap into billions of dollars in contingency funding and even if they could,

Attorney General Anne Lopez joined a coalition of 22 other attorneys general and three governors today in filing a lawsuit against the United States Department of Agriculture and its Secretary Brooke Rollins for unlawfully suspending the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).

Supplemental Nutrition and Assistance Program benefits will not be sent out to Kansans next month due to the government shutdown, state officials said late Friday.