2025 United States federal government shutdown (en.wikipedia.org)

For some people this is a vacation and after the dust settles, they get their back pay. But for people living paycheck to paycheck, it’s a mess. But for a lot of dedicated, hard working gov’t workers, this is incredibly frustrating as the work just piles up.

Some discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45434146