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Payday without pay hits federal workers as shutdown drags on
Canadian officials allowed second visit to man detained in China
Trump threatens to cut FEMA funding for California wildfires

Payday without pay hits federal workers as shutdown drags on

Posted: 10 Jan 2019 01:18 PM PST

OGDEN, Utah (AP) — Payday will come Friday without any checks for about 800,000 federal employees affected by the government shutdown, forcing workers to scale back spending, cancel trips, apply for unemployment benefits and take out loans to stay afloat.

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Canadian officials allowed second visit to man detained in China

Posted: 10 Jan 2019 10:14 AM PST

Canadian diplomats in China on Thursday held their second meeting with one of two citizens who were detained last month after the arrest of a senior Chinese executive in Vancouver, the Canadian foreign ministry said. "Today, Canadian consular officials in China visited with Michael Kovrig," the ministry said in a statement that provided no further details. Officials met Michael Spavor, the other man, on Tuesday.