Amy Held

Amy Held, NPR News, Washington.

The Senate's Saturday session yielded no votes, no text for a package of spending bills under negotiation to reopen the government, and no detectable headway.

However, their first weekend session of the shutdown did mark a start.

That will not end.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune told reporters they will stay in session until the impasse is broken.

The Senate has tried and failed 14 times to pass a House-approved stopgap funding bill, but the heart of the stalemate remains —

Democrats won't vote to end the shutdown until health care subsidies are extended.

Republicans say they won't negotiate until the government is reopened.

Amy Held, NPR News, Washington.

Several states had already said they were distributing full benefits, including California, Connecticut and Pennsylvania, after a judge Thursday ordered the Trump administration to pay.

But the high court's administrative stay means states must now revert back to partial payments, at least until an appeals court weighs in.

Sylvia Lindsay in North Carolina got half her benefits Friday.

Not enough, she says, for her and her grandson she supports who has autism.

One in eight Americans rely on the program, mostly very low-income families, seniors, or people with disabilities.

Amy Held, NPR News.

More SNAP whiplash.

Several states had already said they were distributing full benefits, including California, Connecticut, and Pennsylvania.

after a judge Thursday ordered the Trump administration to pay.

But the high court's administrative stay means states must now revert back to partial payments, at least until an appeals court weighs in.

Sylvia Lindsey in North Carolina got half her benefits Friday.