Nearly 42 million people are set to lose food aid due to the second-longest U.S. government shutdown, as Democrats and Republicans in Congress continue to blame each other for a weeks-long legislative stalemate.

Twenty-five states sued the Trump administration on Tuesday to preserve food assistance benefits for roughly 42 million Americans as the federal government threatens to cut off the flow of aid due to the government shutdown.

Around two dozen Democrat-led states have sued the Trump administration over its refusal to preserve vital food aid threatened by the government shutdown.

President Trump met with Japan’s new prime minister Tuesday, just days after Sanae Takaichi took office. Lavishing praise, he told her, “Anything I can do to help Japan, we will be there. We are an ally at the strongest level.

The Senate on Tuesday is voting on the House-passed GOP funding bill to reopen the federal government, as the shutdown hits the four-week mark. Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits are days away from running out,

About 42 million Americans – including 16 million children – stand to lose federal food assistance on Saturday as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) expires amid the government shutdown,

Top House Democrats charged Tuesday that President Trump’s decision to withhold food aid funding during the shutdown is not only callous, but also illegal. The Democrats are pointing to a rolling contingency fund for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP),