Food assistance sites in Washington and its surrounding suburbs are feeling the strain of the government shutdown as federal workers — and those who rely on a strong local economy — increasingly seek help.
Food banks in the DC-Maryland-Virginia area have had to meet increased demand as hundreds of thousands of federal workers go without paychecks. The sight of federal workers relying on the aid has become a powerful image of the shutdown that both parties are citing as they seek to gain political advantage in a shutdown now in its fourth week.
House Republican leaders brought up increased food ...