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Trump shuttering the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau could have a potentially significant effect on the finances of average Americans.

Applicants reportedly cited Nazi theorists and other extremists as inspiration for Trump administration roles

A reported plan would've reduced the number of people who qualified for disability, panicking advocates.

Government argues funding mechanism behind Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is unlawful

U.S. science always suffers during government shutdowns. Funding lapses send government scientists home without pay. Federal agencies suspend new grant opportunities, place expert review panels on hold, and stop collecting and analyzing critical public datasets that tell us about the economy, the environment and public health.

The federal workers’ union said the Senate needs to pass a clean continuing resolution. Republicans say Democrats ‘need to listen to the unions, and that's not a sentence I say very often’

Anxiety and economic stress among federal employees as Republicans and Democrats remain deadlocked on bill

One Republican senator suggests Republicans change the filibuster to reopen the government

Is he Palpatine?

The ongoing government shutdown has brought U.S. Army Corps of Engineers projects to a standstill, as the Trump administration weighs canceling over billion worth of projects.

So far, there have been about 4,000 shutdown terminations, all now held up in court.