The U.S. government shutdown began on October 1, 2025, leading to thousands of federal workers being furloughed and even laid off. However, some must continue to work without pay until the new bill passes. Among them are National Park Service (NPS) staff, who have had a lifeline thrown their way as volunteer food pantries have stepped in to feed unpaid employees, which is what's recently gone on at Grand Canyon National Park . In another case of good news in all the recent doom and gloom, other federal workers also receiving charitable donations from unlikely heroes are those working for the Transportation Security Administration (TSA).

Around 61,000 of the agency's 64,000 employees across the U.S. are required to work unpaid during this period, according to a TSA spokesperson. Many TS

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