“We will be out for a long time unless the Democrats come back from their ‘vacations’ and get back to work,” Trump tweeted Saturday morning. Federal workers who have been forced to work without pay have started going to the courts to challenge the shutdown. “With this lawsuit we’re saying, ‘No, you can’t pay workers with I.O.U.s. Starting Monday, Tampa International Airport is hosting a food bank for about 700 federal employees working at the airport, as well as offering other assistance with day-to-day needs. In tweets Saturday, Trump reacted sharply to a televised comment that he lacks a strategy for ending the shutdown.

Source: Washington Post January 12, 2019 17:13 UTC