Ten days into a government shutdown, federal workers are officially feeling the pinch.

Today was supposed to be payday. Instead, hundreds of thousands are being forced to do without.

More than 600,000 federal workers are currently furloughed, with about triple that number being forced to work without receiving paychecks – including active-duty military who are due to miss their first paycheck next week.

Why We Wrote This

While many Americans aren’t feeling the impacts of the government shutdown, federal workers just missed their first paycheck – the latest blow in a tough year.

But it’s not just the pause in paychecks that’s causing them stress. The shutdown comes amid an ongoing purge of the federal government by the Trump administration, which has eliminated hundreds of thousands of

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