Trump administration to pay about half of November SNAP benefits amid shutdown

Administration officials said it could take weeks or month to distribute partial food benefits to 42 million Americans who receive assistance through SNAP.
Oregon’s Merkley holds US Senate floor overnight in Trump protest

Oregon's junior senator spoke for 23 hours on the Senate floor, reading from "How Democracies Die" and objecting to the president's deployment of National Guard troops to Democratic-led cities.

