The shutdown staring contest will finally get real this week: Who blinks first?

Up until now, most of the American public has been insulated from the shutdown's effects, Eric Garcia writes. But with SNAP recipients going hungry, labor groups demanding the government reopen and ongoing health insurance enrollment, Trump and Democrats might be forced to find a solution.

via: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/government-shutdown-trump-democrats-snap-b2853018.html