‘Our income has stopped’: shutdown leaves workers stressed and struggling
More than 800,000 across the US are affected by the impasse, with some on unpaid leave and others working without pay
It has been two weeks since 25% of the US government shut down due to a funding row over Donald Trump’s demands for $5bn funds for a wall on the southern border, and federal employees and contractors who can not go to work are feeling the impact.
More than 800,000 people across the country have been affected by the impasse, with some on unpaid leave, and others working without pay, but many calculating how to pay the bills and buy groceries as the shutdown stretches on indefinitely.