The federal government has been partially shuttered since Oct. 1 after Congress failed to pass budget legislation.

In a hearing on Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Susan Illston said the layoffs have brought a human cost that cannot be tolerated.

A prolonged government shutdown could disrupt funding to the Palm Beach County School District and eventually threaten programs the district pays for upfront with reimbursement from the federal government.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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