The federal government’s partial shutdown entered its eighth day on Wednesday, Oct. 8, with no visible signs of a budget deal between Democrats and Republicans yet.

Speaking to reporters at the White House on Tuesday, Oct. 7, President Donald Trump threatened that some furloughed federal workers might not receive back pay when Congress eventually agrees on a funding package.

“We’re going to take care of our people,” he added. “There are some people that really don’t deserve to be taken care of, and we’ll take care of them in a different way.”As for the Democrats, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries of New York ruled out a potential off-ramp for the shutdown when he told reporters that a one-year extension of American Care Act subsidies was a “non-starter” and “a laughable propo

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