National Parks Will Remain Open

“The Trump administration will keep most national parks open to the public if the government shuts down Wednesday,“ Politico reports.

“With congressional leaders still gridlocked on a deal to fund the government ahead of a midnight deadline, most of the National Park Service’s roughly 16,000 full-time employees are expected to be placed on furlough starting Wednesday. But the Trump administration would tap recreation fees to pay for skeleton crews of staff at many sites, said the two people who were granted anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly about the plan.”