Tonight, as the shutdown heads into its second month, a federal judge orders the administration to keep paying for food stamps, using billions in emergency funds.

Then the shutdown puts the future of head start in Jeopardy.

Funding will stop tomorrow, which means programs to help young kids and families could be forced to close.

And Trump refuses to resume trade talks with Canada.

So now Canada is turning to China as the 11th hour gets underway on this Friday night.

Good evening.

I'm Catherine Rampel in for Stephanie Ruhl. It is day 285 of the second Trump administration and day 31 of the government shutdown, which is now just a few days shy of the longest shutdown in history.

It is also the night before a halt in federal funding for SNAP,

food stamps, the nation's largest anti-hunger program. This week, several states sued the Agriculture Department to keep that money flowing. And earlier today, a federal judge in Rhode Island

ordered the administration to continue paying for SNAP out of a contingency fund,

while a Massachusetts court gave the government until Monday to indicate whether they would provide

full or partial benefits.

Tonight, President Trump responded on his social media platform saying that he would be

honored to fund food stamps if the court gives him clarification on how to legally do so.

He also acknowledged that assistance may still be delayed, but that's not the only critical

program hanging in the balance right now. Tomorrow, funding ends for Head Start locations

serving 65,000 children nationwide. We will get into the devastating consequences of all of that in just a minute.

But first, as the pain caused by the shutdown reaches what Senator Josh Hawley called a point of absurdity,

the Senate has left Washington without any clear path forward. And tomorrow, millions will face sticker shock when open enrollment

for the Affordable Care Act begins. Remember, at the very heart of this entire shutdown fight

is a dispute over expiring premium subsidies. Democrats won't agree to a spending deal

unless Republicans agree to an extension. That's why Democrats are withholding their votes to reopen the government.

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