Hundreds of thousands of federal employees have been furloughed since the shutdown began on October 1, while others deemed essential – including some military personnel – have been required to turn up to work without receiving a paycheck.
“We kind of feel like we’re like a bargaining chip to an extent,” a long-serving US Air Force employee told AFP. “We’re not getting paid because people in D.C. who are getting paid can’t get on the same page.”
Trump said that they will not though, and it doesn’t matter what the law is when it comes to things Trump wants done.
Yeah, I forgot to explicitly mention this is my other comment, but… they’ve / Trump’s just been withholding funds when he feels like it, redirecting them… almost everything DOGE did was mind-numbingly illegal, Elon should be in jail for multiple lifetimes if we… were pretending on the book laws were still being enforced.