Uncertainty Over Federal Food Aid Grows as Shutdown Crisis Deepens

Millions of Women and Families Brace for Hunger and Rising Health Costs as Washington’s Stalemate Drags Into a Second Month

Volunteers help hand out food in Houston on Oct. 29.Houston Chronicle / Getty Images

WASHINGTON (TWP) — As the political standoff in Washington drags into its second month, millions of Americans — many of them women, mothers, and caregivers — are being pushed closer to the edge. Federal food assistance is caught in legal limbo, health insurance premiums …