GOVERNMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “As President Donald Trump reached a deal to reopen the government, some furloughed workers across the United States are relieved, while others are not feeling quite optimistic yet…Friday’s deal would soon return federal workers to their jobs, but it’s not immediately clear when are they going to get paid. About 800,000 federal workers have gone two pay periods without a paycheck. Some had to take temporary jobs, sell their cars and take out thousands of dollars in loans…With no savings and bills piling up, Lynn Stratton took a temporary job for half her pay and had already tried to sell her car to stay afloat. The federal employee in Ogden, Utah, was surprised to hear about the deal on Friday [1-25-19]. Now she no longer has to sell her car.”
–Nicole Chavez and Scott McLean, “Federal employees can go back to work now. They’re looking forward to getting paid — but still worried about the future.,” CNN Politics, CNN.com, January 25, 2019 8:55 pm