The US government shut down 11 days ago, and there's little indication that it's going to reopen anytime soon. Much of the federal government continues to operate, though some services have been impacted. Hundreds of thousands of employees are working without pay , and on Friday, the Trump administration began laying some of those workers off . And while a 2019 law guarantees federal workers back pay after the end of a shutdown, the Trump administration has raised the possibility that those who