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.

But many of the top labor unions told ABC News that they continue to back the strategy taken up by Democrats, breaking with the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), which represents hundreds of thousands of federal workers losing out on pay and staring down the threat of layoffs.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune's stance on the filibuster is "unchanged" despite President Trump's call to scrap the rule to end the government shutdown. Follow live updates here.

Plans by the Trump administration to freeze payments to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program were halted by federal judges, but the delay in payouts will still likely leave millions of

Long lines have formed at food pantries across the U.S. as federal food benefits were cut off due to the government shutdown.

Senators continued to express cautious optimism over bipartisan talks to end the shutdown, but the chamber adjourned without another vote.

With no endgame in sight, the government shutdown is expected to roll on for the unforeseeable future, injecting more uncertainty into an already precarious economy. The closure has halted routine federal operations,

Military veterans in Congress are criticizing House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries for dodging questions on whether he will forego his paycheck as government workers go without pay.