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Unlike most of the shutdown's economic impacts, the lost productivity from feds not working cannot be reversed, via @EricM_Katz.

While the nation’s largest federal employee union called for Congress to enact House Republicans’ short-term funding deal, another association for federal workers and retirees warned it isn’t as “clean” as proponents say.

While President Donald Trump is pursuing a deregulatory agenda, the shutdown is likely hampering progress, via @senathenewsboy.

A federal judge on Tuesday indefinitely blocked the Trump administration from carrying out layoffs during the government shutdown, saying the president’s actions were likely unlawful and taken for the purposes of political retribution, via @EricM_Katz.

A union calling for the shutdown's immediate end is not deterring Democrats, though they continue negotiating a bipartisan measure to pay all workers immediately, via @EricM_Katz.

Democrats on the House Education and Workforce Committee expressed opposition Monday not just to layoffs that have occurred during the shutdown but also the White House’s apparent lack of transparency about who was laid off, via @seanthenewsboy.

.@AFGENational President Everett Kelley said Monday any deal to reopen government should include a “clean” CR “that allows continued debate,” coupled with language ensuring backpay for all federal workers, furloughed and excepted alike.

COMMENTARY | Forty-five years ago, the government shutdown was born, via @tshoop.

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For civilian federal employees stationed overseas, the government shutdown—poised to enter its fourth week after a weekend of inactivity in Congress—is bringing a range of unique challenges, via @EricM_Katz.

Retired federal workers will see their defined benefit pension payments increase slightly next year, though by how much depends largely on when they were hired.

Rep. Dina Titus, D-Nev., called on the Energy Secretary to end shutdown-related furloughs for roughly 1,400 personnel in the National Nuclear Security Administration that began this week, via @wccordell.

Johnson also suggested he and his staff would meet with Van Hollen and Peters in hopes of finding a mutually acceptable legislative solution after their respective bills to pay some federal employees each failed in the Senate Thursday.

Senate Democrats questioned three inspectors general nominees' ability to act independently of the White House Thursday in the wake of President Trump's continued removals of agency watchdogs, via @seanthenewsboy.

A coalition of more than 50 House Democrats on Wednesday urged utility companies not to issue late fees or terminate services to federal employees and contractors impacted by the ongoing federal government shutdown.

“It’s time for my friends across the aisle to vote to open the government. Quit holding my veterans hostage.” -- @SecVetAffairs Doug Collins on the ongoing #shutdown. Full story from Senior Correspondent @EricM_Katz here:

Is the Social Security Administration denying excepted workers' time off and telework requests during the ongoing #shutdown? Union officials say yes. Details here:

Another inspector general has been fired, raising questions about the future of agency oversight. Sean Michael Newhouse @seanthenewsboy reports on what this means for inspectors general and accountability in government.

The Trump administration’s proposed layoffs would have wide-ranging impacts felt by Americans across the country, congressional Democrats said this week, via @EricM_Katz.

FEHB 2026 updates are here. We’ve got the details on what’s changing and how it could affect your coverage: https://t.co/dbfLfifHla #openseason #fehb

The shutdown’s toll isn’t equal. Where you live and your politics may make all the difference in how you perceive its effects. @seanthenewsboy dug into the surveys here: https://t.co/lQ76iFtFA1 #Shutdown