Here’s what happened in the SNAP court cases today. Via @statesnewsroom.com Shutdown battle ebbs, but Trump won’t give up trying to withhold full SNAP benefits

US Senate on verge of passing bill to end record-breaking shutdown, House up next www.newsfromthestates.com/article/us-s...

Thune just lined up floor speeches, procedural votes, a couple motions to table and amendments votes that will end with a vote to approve the stopgap/minimus package later tonight.

FDA to remove black box warning from hormone replacement therapy drugs www.newsfromthestates.com/article/fda-...

Speaker Johnson tells House lawmakers to start making their way back to Capitol Hill now to ensure they arrive in time to vote to reopen government given all of the flight delays and cancellations.

icymi: US Senate advances bill to end record-breaking government shutdown Story by @ashleymurray.bsky.social www.newsfromthestates.com/article/us-s...

NEWS FROM HERE: @statesnewsroom.com Washington, D.C., Bureau reporter wins award for coverage of Congress www.newsfromthestates.com/article/stat...

Congrats to jennifershutt.bsky.social of statesnewsroom.com for winning NPF's 2025 Everett McKinley Dirksen Award for Distinguished Reporting of Congress https://nationalpress.org/award-story/jennifer-shutt-of-states-newsroom-wins-2025-dirksen-award/

Food assistance funding cliff approaching as shutdown persists w/ @arianalfigueroa.bsky.social www.newsfromthestates.com/article/food...

NEW from @ashleymurray.bsky.social: Food security took center stage in the shutdown debate this week as thousands of furloughed government workers went unpaid and recipients of federal food assistance were told they will stop receiving benefits Saturday. www.newsfromthestates.com/article/shut...

Speaker Johnson -- "I think Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries are irredeemable at this point."

US Senate in bipartisan vote rejects Trump tariffs on Brazil as coffee prices spike, @ashleymurray.bsky.social reports for @statesnewsroom.com:

Trump claims immunity, seeks to erase felon status with appeal in NY court.

At the U.S. Capitol, Vice President JD Vance tells reporters that the Trump administration plans to pay military members on Friday, but it’s unclear where those funds will come from along with any legal implications. “We believe that we can continue to pay the troops on Friday,” he said.

District Judge Susan Illston starts hearing saying she expects to grant labor unions a preliminary injunction that would block the Trump administration from implementing layoffs during the shutdown.

US Senate again rejects bill ending shutdown, as air traffic controllers miss paychecks www.newsfromthestates.com/article/us-s...

Furloughed federal workers are lining up in Hyattsville, Maryland, this morning ahead of a special distribution by No Limits Outreach Ministries and the Capital Area Food Bank.

Upcoming federal food assistance pause intensifies shutdown fight w/ @arianalfigueroa.bsky.social www.newsfromthestates.com/article/upco...

Congressional Dems, Alaska’s Murkowski tell high court to nix emergency tariffs. Story by @ashleymurray.bsky.social for @statesnewsroom.com:

Indiana governor summons lawmakers for redistricting session amid national GOP pressure indianacapitalchronicle.com/2025/10/27/i...

Pay for Trump and Congress continues in shutdown, unless they ask it be held www.newsfromthestates.com/article/pay-...

USDA says it can’t shuffle funds to extend food assistance during shutdown, reports Shauneen Miranda www.newsfromthestates.com/article/usda...

Kilmar Abrego Garcia would be deported to Liberia under Trump administration plan www.newsfromthestates.com/article/kilm...

Social Security payments to rise 2.8%, a tick below inflation rate -- @fischler.bsky.social for @statesnewsroom.com DC www.newsfromthestates.com/article/soci...

Trump press secretary defends White House ballroom project amid East Wing teardown www.newsfromthestates.com/article/trum...

US Senate fails to move ahead on bills extending pay to federal workers during shutdown. W/ @ashleymurray.bsky.social www.newsfromthestates.com/article/us-s...

ICYMI: The government shutdown became the second longest in U.S. history Wednesday. via @jennifershutt.bsky.social

Shutdown on day 22 sets record as second-longest in US history, with no sign of a deal www.newsfromthestates.com/article/shut...

Education Department layoffs illegally burden students with disabilities, advocates say. Story by Shauneen Miranda of @statesnewsroom.com www.newsfromthestates.com/article/educ...

Shutdown likely to halt food benefits for 42 million in just days www.newsfromthestates.com/article/shut...

Speaker Mike Johnson weighed in this morning on Trump wanting $230 million from the Justice Department, saying the president may donate it to charity since he "doesn't need those proceeds." More from @ashleymurray.bsky.social www.newsfromthestates.com/article/trum...

Speaker Johnson: "We’re getting closer to November. It is going to be more and more difficult with each passing hour to get all the appropriations done on time. We acknowledge that, but we have to do this on a day-by-day basis."

Oregon‘s Merkley holds US Senate floor overnight in Trump protest -- by @fischler.bsky.social for @statesnewsroom.com DC www.newsfromthestates.com/article/oreg...

One stopgap after another: Shutdown puts Congress on the verge of failed spending process www.newsfromthestates.com/article/one-...

Our @statesnewsroom.com story on Trump's SCOTUS appeal after lower courts blocked his National Guard deployment to Chicago. www.newsfromthestates.com/article/boun...

Schumer says a promise from Republicans to negotiate on the ACA tax credits that expire at the end of the year isn't enough to reopen government -- "Later to them means never. We have to get them to the table and negotiate with them now"

Thune following WH lunch meeting: "We want a normal appropriations process. We want to give them an opportunity to sit down and litigate some of the issues they want to talk about. But that can't happen until the government gets opened up again."

Trump tried to lay off more than 2,000 Interior staff in shutdown plan now on hold www.newsfromthestates.com/article/trum...

It's unclear yet if or when troops could be sent to Portland in coming days. The ruling, "if allowed to stand, would give the president unilateral power to put Oregon soldiers on our streets with almost no justification,” state AG Rayfield said. oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/10/20/d...

House Dem Leader Hakeem Jeffries tells reporters he had a conversation with Speaker Johnson this weekend before ending press conference. "Speaker Johnson and I had a conversation this weekend. Thank you. [laughs] Thank you, everyone. [laughs and leaves]"

Good morning, I'll be reporting from the No Kings day events in DC. Hundreds of people arriving now on metro to the Arlington stop to gather for a march across the Memorial Bridge to the main rally.

Federal judge broadens order blocking Trump administration layoffs during shutdown www.newsfromthestates.com/article/fede...

In photos: Tears and uncertainty in day two of mass evacuation from western Alaska, reports Corinne Smith for the @alaskabeacon.com

SNAP benefits on pace to run out in two weeks if shutdown persists www.newsfromthestates.com/article/snap...

Updated: U.S. Supreme Court, federal courts to run out of money, limit operations amid shutdown www.newsfromthestates.com/article/us-s...

White House budget director announces the administration has paused and may cancel infrastructure projects in Baltimore, Boston, New York and San Francisco.

NEWS: U.S. Courts "will no longer have funding to sustain full, paid operations" as of Monday due to the ongoing government shutdown.

I talked to a bunch of conservationists and former public lands workers who told me the shutdown is hurting the long-term health of national parks and other public lands and depressing agency morale -- while oil and gas development continues apace. Latest from @statesnewsroom.com:

With funding for courts in question, Congress stuck in shutdown gridlock for day 16 w/ @arianalfigueroa.bsky.social www.newsfromthestates.com/article/fund...

Thune frustrated after Dems block Defense approps bill (50-44): "There's a path forward here to do appropriations. [smacks hand] Get on the bill. Then we'll try to add other appropriations bills as we work with both sides to clear objections and concerns that people have."