With ninety percent of their personnel considered essential, the Department of Homeland Security will be hit the hardest. agents will keep working, as will air traffic controllers and aviation and railroad safety inspectors. Congress passed five spending bills earlier this year totaling nearly $900 billion of the $1.2 trillion in federal agency operating expenses. National Parks will likely close. With funding for the Department of the Interior slated to expire, all 58 of the country’s national parks would shutter over the holidays.

Source: New York Times December 19, 2018 12:45 UTC