US Government Shutdown Threatens Food-Aid Program for Low-Income Americans
Crucial food assistance for about 6.7 million low-income Americans has been put in jeopardy by a federal government shutdown that the deeply divided U.S. Congress shows no signs of resolving swiftly.
The threat to the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children, known as WIC, illustrates how the effects of a shutdown that enters its second day on Thursday will reverberate out from Washington, taking more of a toll the longer that Republicans and Democrats fail to reach an agreement to reopen government...
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