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Federal employees crowdsource resources to support each other during shutdown

Several nonprofits and state and local governments are offering assistance to civil servants due to the lapse in federal funding.

Feel free to share resources you've found

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https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/us/politics/trump-military-pay-donation.html?smid=url-share

Oct. 24, 2025, 3:29 p.m. ET2 hours ago

President Trump declined to name the donor but described him as a “patriot” and a personal friend.Credit...Eric Lee for The New York Times

Trump will use $130 million given by a private donor to help pay troops during the shutdown.

President Trump said that an anonymous private donor has given $130 million to the U.S. government to help pay troops during the government shutdown

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Congressional Bill H.R. 7148 Signed into Law

On Tuesday, February 3, 2026, the President signed into law: H.R. 7148, the "Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026," which further makes con

And it's done. With that, 11 of the 12 spending bills have been passed. Homeland Security has a two-week continuing resolution. Once that is complete, it will be time to start all over again for FY2027. Woo hoo

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Shutdown commences at Midnight

Not all of the government is shutting down, and essential personnel will still be working. For those uncertain about your funding status, you still go to work on Monday.

From GovExec: “All federal employees who would normally report to work on Feb. 2 would be expected to do so anyway, as is standard practice on the first working day after a funding lapse to initiate “orderly shutdown activities.” Depending on when the House acts, OMB could advise furloughed employees to remain at work or to go home and await an update. “

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Here’s what federal programs are headed for a (possibly brief) shutdown

The funding lapse won’t hit all agencies and is expected to be over early next week.

Six of the 12 bills cover roughly 78% of the government

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Record-breaking US govt shutdown will cast long shadow

Key economic data, including employment and inflation numbers for October, will likely never be released.

It was painful, to be sure

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How the Longest Government Shutdown Is Impacting the Economy

Today on the Big Take: the US government shutdown has broken records — and its economic consequences could prove even longer-lasting.

Beware the paywall

Today on the Big Take: the US government shutdown has broken records — and its economic consequences could prove even longer-lasting.

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https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/31/us/politics/federal-judge-food-stamps.html?smid=url-share

A federal judge ordered the Trump administration on Friday to continue paying for food stamps during the government shutdown, siding with local officials and nonprofits that had sought to spare millions of low-income Americans from losing benefits in a matter of days.

It was the second of two rulings in the span of about an hour that found the administration had acted unlawfully, after it had refused to tap an emergency reserve — enacted by Congress and totaling in the billions of dollars — to sustain the critical anti-hunger program.