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A member of the U.S. Park Service puts up a closed sign at the Washington Monument on October 1 in Washington, DC.

Trump and White House question back pay for furloughed workers amid government shutdown

Alejandra Jaramillo, Tami Luhby, CNN October 7, 2025

(CNN) — President Donald Trump and the White House are considering not paying furloughed federal employees for time they didn’t work during the government shutdown. Such a move, suggested in a...

	A US Park Police officer and National Park Service employees close the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial in Washington, DC, during the shutdown in October 2013.

What a federal government shutdown might mean for travelers

Jeanne Bonner, Tami Luhby, Maureen O’Hare, CNN September 30, 2025

Editor's note: CNN’s John Fritze, Camila DeChalus and Annie Grayer contributed to this report. (CNN) — If US congressional lawmakers fail to agree on a spending package for the new fiscal year,...

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