More than 40 million Americans are waiting for a ruling in an eleventh-hour lawsuit before SNAP funding freezes on Saturday. Follow Newsweek's live blog for the latest updates.

Get live updates and the latest news as the government shutdown hits the one month mark, with Trump administration promising military paychecks but not SNAP funds.

"For many women, this is not optional. They're having to choose now between paying their electric bill or feeding their baby."

A post on X has gone viral for claiming that Project 2025 promoted removing children from single-parent SNAP households.

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program — more commonly known as SNAP, or food stamps — is a key benefits program that serves more than 40 million people across the country. Now, the shutdown is threatening to suspend benefits, raising concerns over where millions of people who rely on the program will turn to for food.

Some 42 million people in the U.S. who rely on SNAP benefits could soon join the already long lines at the nation's food banks and pantries that are also serving struggling federal workers.

A federal judge in Boston signaled Thursday that she may order the Trump administration to pay food assistance benefits to tens of millions of Americans who are at risk of not getting their November payments because of the government shutdown.

With the SNAP program scheduled to run out of funds, nonprofits dedicated to serving the hungry were bracing for a spike in visitors.

SNAP benefits will lapse on Saturday amid the ongoing government shutdown. Gov. JB Pritzker ordered $20 million for food banks to help, as food pantries are already seeing increasing demand.