With the holidays over, the repercussions of the the partial shutdown are about to be more widely felt if it persists. The Internal Revenue Service would be unable to issue income tax refunds that taxpayers will expect starting in February, millions of Americans soon will see cuts to food stamps and majestic national parks will continue to be despoiled with trash and human waste. Amid worsening conditions at the most popular parks, the Interior Department on the weekend told park managers to use entrance fees to hire help, according to the Washington Post, though Democrats said such fees are not supposed to go to operations and maintenance.

Source: Los Angeles Times January 06, 2019 22:30 UTC