(AP) - Internet users on Tuesday spotted a banner on the website for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development that some argue breaches a law designed to limit political activity by federal employees.
The banner, which pops up when navigating to the website’s homepage , includes political messaging about the congressional standoff that will lead to a government shutdown at 12:01 a.m. Wednesday if the two sides can’t agree.
“The Radical Left are going to shut down the government and inflict massive pain on the American people unless they get their $1.5 trillion wish list of demands,” the banner reads. “The Trump administration wants to keep the government open for the American people.”
Some internet users suggested this would violate the Hatch Act, an 80-year-old law that