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Before dawn, cars lined up at NRG Stadium as the Houston Food Bank opened a drive-thru supersite to serve about 5,000 families with produce, frozen chicken and staples, amid anxiety over SNAP delays. The rush follows Agriculture Department warnings that SNAP funding could lapse during a government shutdown; a Rhode Island judge ordered payments to continue nationwide, and President Donald Trump said he asked lawyers to review the issue. Texas has the largest food-insecure population. Calling the crisis “man-made,” CEO Brian Greene said the stopgap won’t meet need. The Houston Texans Foundation partnered in the distribution.

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