The fate of the federal workers is among several pressure points that could push lawmakers to agree to resolve the stalemate.

The longest government shutdown in U.S. history happened in Trump's first term in office. In December 2018, the federal government shut down due to a lack of appropriations. The 35-day standoff began on Dec. 22, 2018, and lasted until Jan. 25, 2019.

As the shutdown stretches past its second week, thousands of federal workers—many of them Black—are losing jobs, paychecks, and the stability that once made a government job a path to the middle class.

A federal judge in San Francisco has ordered the Trump administration to immediately halt its efforts to lay off roughly 4,100 federal workers during the government shutdown, saying the move is unlawful.

WASHINGTON (AP) — With every passing day of the government shutdown, hundreds of thousands of federal employees furloughed or working without pay face mounting financial strain. And now they are confronting new uncertainty with the Trump administration’s promised layoffs.

Over a million active duty military personnel may soon go without pay. Here are some resources offered to federal workers to help get them through the shutdown.

For 150 years-plus they’ve wanted to have a ballroom and it never happened because they’ve never had a real estate person,’ Trump said Wednesday night

Two weeks in, the government shutdown still has no end in sight as Congress remains in a heated deadlock over health insurance costs.

The latest YouGov/The Economist poll asked Americans about which political party is to blame for the shutdown, whether they approve of how political leaders are handling the issue, and when they believe the shutdown will end. The poll found that more Americans blamed Trump and Republicans for the shutdown than Democrats.

Retired West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin joins the NewsNation Town Hall to offer suggestions on ending the ongoing government shutdown.