Get live updates and the latest news on the Trump administration as the government shutdown enters Day 21 and Vice President JD Vance travels to Israel as the administration works to secure the fragile ceasefire with Hamas.

In a letter to state health officials earlier this month, Ronald Ward -- the acting head of SNAP -- warned that "if the current lapse in appropriations continues, there will be insufficient funds to pay full November SNAP benefits for approximately 42 million individuals across the Nation."

Three weeks into a U.S. government shutdown, Republicans who control Congress have begun talking about possible next steps in what has been a stalemate with Democrats who are withholding their support from a temporary funding bill until they win an extension of a healthcare subsidy.

Newsweek's tracker shows that Trump's net approval rating is at its highest point since August 21, at -6 points.

The federal government shutdown is already one of the nation's longest. Here are 10 key dates to watch as the stalemate in Congress continues.

The Pennsylvania Department of Human Services website said: "Because Republicans in Washington D.C., failed to pass a federal budget" November SNAP benefits can't be paid.

Senate Democrats, too, are confident in their strategy to keep voting against a House-passed bill that would reopen the government until Republicans, including Trump, engage them on extending health care subsidies that expire at the end of the year.

At the heart of the federal government shutdown is a fight on Capitol Hill over health insurance subsidies. We discuss the likely impact of not extending those subsidies past their expiration at the end of the year,

Though OPM guidance states that agencies should seek to accommodate the needs of excepted workers during lapses in appropriation, employees who have fallen ill or simply can no longer afford to commute without getting paid have been labeled AWOL and threatened with discipline.