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Federal workers in the United States are going broke, food aid is under threat, and millions of Americans are affected, as the government shutdown enters its second month amid a prolonged standoff between Democrats and Republicans over federal funding.

Since the shutdown came into force on October 1, the Trump administration has slashed jobs in education, health and other areas that were supported by Democrats. The White House has announced one reduction in force affecting 4,100 workers, with the biggest cuts happening at the departments of Treasury, Health and Human Services, Education and Housing and Urban Development.

Republicans have warned that millions of people will begin to feel the full force of the shutdown for the first time this weekend amid unresolve

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