By AUDREY KEEFE

Capital News Service

WASHINGTON – Furloughed federal workers may not be entitled to back pay when they return from the government shutdown, according to a draft memo from the White House Office of Management and Budget, first reported by Axios.

The memo comes almost a week into the shutdown and marks a stark change in the Trump administration’s position on furloughed federal workers’ pay.

President Donald Trump further confused the issue on Tuesday. Asked by a reporter whether federal workers should get retroactive pay after the shutdown ends, the president responded: “It depends on who we’re talking about.”

“For the most part, we’re going to take care of our people,” Trump said in the Oval Office. “There are some people that really don’t deserve to be taken care of, a

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