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

In a news release about $4 million going to the Utah Food Bank, the state's top elected leaders blamed Democrats for the federal shutdown, even as Republican control all branches of government.

Despite a judge's ruling ordering the administration to fund SNAP benefits, President Donald Trump said that November's payments were likely to be delayed.

A federal court ordered the Trump administration to continue SNAP benefits despite the shutdown, as millions risk losing food aid amid funding disputes.

Yesterday a federal judge ordered the Trump administration to distribute SNAP food aid funding out of its contingency fund. The administration planned to start to pause those benefits for many of the 42 million Americans who receive them today.

With no end in sight to the federal shutdown, local and state food resources are bracing for the impending SNAP cuts expected in November.

The meat was long gone. They were also out of milk. “We’ve got to give them something,” said Samantha Richardson, president of Gathering of Women, as another worker heaved a giant bag of carrots off a nearby pallet.

With federal food aid frozen during the government shutdown, there has been a wave of people rushing to help — sending gift cards or buying groceries for SNAP recipients in their community.