The White House is warning that unemployment benefits are in jeopardy in some states if the shutdown drags on, though the risks are far less dire than for food assistance or SNAP.

Why it matters: About 1.6 million Americans are unemployed and rely on unemployment insurance to get by — including about 20,000 former federal workers.

Where it stands: "When we're talking about the SNAP program, one of the other programs we're definitely concerned about is unemployment insurance," Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer said Thursday, speaking beside Congressional Republicans. • "That will be the next thing that we have to be concerned about."

Catch up quick: The Trump administration stopped paying SNAP on Saturday, blaming the shutdown, though two federal judges have ordered the resumption of

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