India, Oct. 27 -- The US Department of Agriculture has announced that federal food aid will not go out on November 1 due to the US government shutdown. This warning comes as the Trump administration confirmed it will not use around $5 billion in contingency funds to maintain Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits into November.

SNAP, which helps roughly one in eight Americans purchase groceries, now faces interruptions, putting millions of families at risk of going without essential food support.

"Senate Democrats have now voted 12 times to not fund the food stamp program, also known as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). Bottom line, the well has run dry," read the announcement on the USDA website. ...