Federal funds could begin running dry Saturday that help tens of millions of Americans to buy food for their families and send their toddlers to preschool if Congress doesn’t reach a deal by then to end the U.S. government shutdown .

Funding for another program that helps mothers care for their newborns could run out the following week. ×

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