(WHTM) -- Pennsylvania's Department of Human Services is displaying partisan messages on its website warning about the federal government shutdown.

"Because Republicans in Washington D.C., failed to pass a federal budget, causing the federal government shutdown, November 2025 SNAP benefits cannot be paid," a banner on the website's homepage reads.

Another reads, "In July 2025, Republicans in Congress passed a bill that will change programs run by the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services (DHS). President Trump signed that bill into law."

The messages are similar to ones posted in recent days to federal government websites, such as the U.S. Department of Agriculture, blaming Democrats for the shutdown. Those messages have prompted complaints that federal officials may have violated t

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