Senate Majority Leader John Thune said talks among rank-and-file senators aimed at ending the government shutdown have ramped up. Follow live updates here.

Georgia Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene spoke up on a private GOP conference call Tuesday and urged leadership to bring the House back.

New York is shelling out $30 million in emergency food assistance, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced this week, with federal SNAP benefits set to dry up Saturday amid the historic government shutdown. It would be the first time in U.

However, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) warned that it no longer has the funding to deliver November food benefits. Connecticut Attorney General William Tong joined a coalition of 22 attorneys general and three governors in suing the Trump administration over the funding lapse, saying the funds do exist in a contingency fund.

One in six Mass. residents, or about 667,000 households, receive SNAP benefits — including children, the elderly, and residents with disabilities.

World Central Kitchen, the humanitarian group founded by Chef José Andrés, distributed food to federal workers affected by the ongoing government shutdown. Federal workers missed their first full paycheck on Friday.

Due to the ongoing government shutdown, the prospect of November's SNAP benefits going unpaid indefinitely is growing closer.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture, which administers the food program, says its hands are tied by the shutdown.