Gavin Newsom has announced he will deploy the Californian military to help families whose food benefits have been affected by the government shutdown.

Writing on X, the California governor said: "California is deploying @TheCalGuard to quickly assist families whose federal food benefits are halted because of Donald Trump's government shutdown.

"We won't let the GOP's cruel inaction force millions of Californians to go hungry."

President Donald Trump said Tuesday that Democrats must end the three-week-old government shutdown before he agrees to talks.

"I would like to meet with both of them, but I said one little caveat, I will only meet if they let the country open," he said, referring to U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries.

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