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Some companies and local governments in the D.C. region are offering help to federal workers, many of whom are being furloughed and won’t be paid during the government shutdown.

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Tens of thousands of federal workers are furloughed as President Donald Trump’s administration also threatened mass firings over the shutdown.

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