US GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES HEAD BACK TO WORK

US GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES HEAD BACK TO WORK

Hundreds of thousands of US government employees have returned to work after President Barack Obama signed a law ending a 16-day government shutdown and extending the US debt limit. Economists have estimated the shutdown cost the US economy billions of dollars. The shutdown affected Americans and visitors to the US in countless ways: most national parks were closed; medical research ground to a halt, and ordinary paperwork went unfinished, delaying visa applications, business permits and safety inspections.

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