With benefits expected to run out Saturday because of the government shutdown, Democratic leaders of 25 states allege that the USDA is required to keep providing funds.

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins warns over 40 million Americans could lose SNAP food stamp benefits November 1 due to ongoing government shutdown funding crisis.

The suit says the U.S. Department of Agriculture is "unlawfully suspending" food assistance benefits beginning Saturday during the federal government shutdown.

“Senate Democrats have now voted 12 times to not fund the food stamp program, also known as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). Bottom line, the well has run dry,” the unsigned message posted on the USDA’s official website reads.

As 1.8 million New York City residents brace for their food assistance to be cut off this Saturday, New York State Attorney General Letitia James announced a multistate lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) on Tuesday over its decision to suspend Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits during the ongoing federal government

A group of Democratic states is suing the Department of Agriculture and its secretary, Brooke Rollins, for failing to use emergency funds to help alleviate the lapse in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits caused by the government shutdown.

With the federal government still shut down, the USDA says SNAP funding could dry up next month, leaving thousands of North Texas families worried about how they’ll put food on the table.