Furloughed federal employees working at the Department of Education (ED) have claimed their out-of-office emails have been changed without their consent. Speaking to Newsweek, NBC News and Federal News Network , employees said that upon going into shutdown, their automated emails had been altered with messages blaming Democrats for the unfolding political situation. Newsweek was unable to verify these reports and the department responded with an automated email. Newsweek has contacted the ED by