the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services announced Nov. 8 it will pause full benefits to the state's thousands of recipients who rely on food stamps to feed their families.

The government shutdown stretched into its 40th day Sunday even as senators held a weekend session in hopes of finding an end to the impasse that has disrupted flights nationwide, threatened food ass...

“People have gone without for too long,” McConnell told government lawyers at a hearing Thursday. “Not making payments to them for even another day is simply unacceptable.”