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Hundreds of thousands of federal workers have been furloughed or working without pay since the government shut down on Oct. 1. Now, as Congress races toward a resolution to the record-breaking
Federal employees head back to work after Congress ended the shutdown and James Comey and Letitia James challenge a U.S. prosecutor in court.
Back pay for federal employees and a reversal of recent reductions-in-force are both included in the Senate’s initial agreement toward ending the shutdown.