Live updates: SNAP fears add to shutdown pressures for lawmakers

Funding for food stamps has moved to the center of the shutdown fight as strains deepen across the country.

More than 40 million low-income food stamp beneficiaries are expected to receive less help with grocery bills — or no help at all — as the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is threatening to withhold billions of dollars in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) contingency funding.

Meanwhile, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) signaled on Monda...