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Fallout Grows As Partial Government Shutdown Drags On Into New Year

There's no end in sight for the spending standoff that has forced the shutdown of about a quarter of the federal government. The longer the shutdown continues, the more services will be affected.
Trash in a box overflows near the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., on December 27, 2018, as some government services have been stopped during a partial government shutdown.

The Christmas season is typically one of the busiest times of the year at Joshua Tree National Park in California, as rock climbers and car campers flock to the high desert getaway.

The cactus and the campers are there this year, as usual. But the rangers who ordinarily patrol the park have been sent packing by that's forced the shutdown of about a quarter of the federal government.

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