As the federal government shutdown entered its second day, the political finger-pointing and bipartisan blame game continued with no compromise in sight. But the Trump administration has ratcheted up the spin, reportedly directing federal agencies to declare on their websites and in their employees’ email messages that Democrats are to blame for the shutdown. Ethics experts warn that the partisan messages may run afoul of federal law. Here’s what we know.

. What did the Trump administration do?

As prospects of Congress reaching a deal to fund the government dimmed on Tuesday, a pointed message was spotted on the website homepage for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

“The Radical Left are going to shut down the government and inflict massive pain on the American

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