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“I feel so alone”: How federal workers are suffering after 3 weeks without pay
Tens of thousands of Americans are facing shrinking checking accounts or dipping into their savings — if they have any.
How Banks and Lenders Are Helping Workers Affected by the Government Shutdown
Many federal workers aren't getting paid. Here’s how some banks, credit unions, and other financial institutions are helping them out.
The Tiger Sharks Eating This Dead Whale Aren’t Waiting for the Government Shutdown to End
“The situation is impacted by the partial government shutdown.”
The Government Shutdown Has Halted Wildlife Conservation and Research
Between the loss of revenue and the lack of staff, important wildlife conservation work done by the National Park Service has been put in jeopardy.
These air traffic controllers took to the Capitol to demand the government reopen
The shutdown has now cost hundreds of thousands of federal workers their paychecks, and there's no solution in sight
Coast Guard removed its tip sheet that suggested furloughed workers have garage sales or become “mystery shoppers”
The Coast Guard apparently no longer believes that garage sales are an effective substitute for paychecks.
Congress is taking the weekend off as federal workers face their first empty payday
There's no end in sight to the prolonged shutdown
The Shutdown Is Weakening Our Understaffed Weather Service
Salaried meteorologists at the National Weather Service aren’t getting paid, and this could have long-term implications for your weather forecasts.
“I don’t see a way forward”: The shutdown talks are officially on a road to nowhere
“I have never been more depressed about moving forward than I am right now," Sen. Lindsey Graham said.
Prepare for a legal crisis if Trump calls a national emergency over the border wall
“Even just the act of doing it is really an assault on our constitutional, democratic system.”
Trump says there are people in more pain than the federal workers not getting paid
"You know has more human pain? The parents of people who had children killed by an illegal immigrant that should have never been in the country."
The Government Shutdown Is Bad For Beers and Breweries, Too
"Some breweries are in a real quagmire, particularly those that are unable to open until they get federal approval.”