AP Spotlight Government shutdown threatens food aid program relied on by millions of families MORIAH BALINGIT and JONEL ALECCIA Associated Press Oct 6, 2025 Oct 6, 2025 Updated Jan 11, 2026 0 1 of 3 Taylor Moyer slices strawberries Sunday as her youngest son, Bradley, helps put the sliced fruit into a bowl in Virginia Beach, Va. John Clark, Associated Press A worker stocks produce March 27, 2020, before the opening of a market in San Francisco. Ben Margot, Associated Press Taylor Moyer, and her children, from left, Liam, Colton, and Bradley are seen Sunday at home in Virginia Beach, Va. John Clark, Associated Press Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save MORIAH BALINGIT and JONEL ALECCIA Associated Press kAm(p$wx}v%~} — p 7@@5 2:5 AC@8C2> E92E 96=AD >@C6 E92? e >:==:@? =@H\:?4@>6 >@E96CD 2?5 J@F?8 49:=5C6? H:== CF? @FE @7 7656C2= >@?6J H:E9:? 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