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We're leading on protecting hardworking Americans across this country that are feeling the overreach from the federal government.

68% of the Centers for Disease Control is, quote, furloughed.

It's a controversy over the administration's decision to cancel public tours at the White House.

You've got all the kids screaming and moaning that they can't go to the White House tours now.

Americans are talking about the tough financial challenges they face on Twitter using the hashtag shutdown stories.

In Wyoming, Ernie Johnson says thankfully his auto loan deferred his truck payment in January, but if he doesn't receive back pay, he'll likely be evicted February 1st.

And Sarah Watterson, who describes herself as a Marine Corps veteran on Twitter, puts her family struggle into perspective saying, my children don't care about walls.

They do care about having a warm house to live in, a car to ride in, clothes to wear, and food in their bellies.

none of which is possible if their mom can't go to work.

The president says their pain is for a higher purpose.

Trump is now ordering, as in summonsing, federal government workers to go back to work.

800,000 furloughed federal workers will go back to work today and should be getting their back pay within days.

We begin today with the president's acting chief of staff, Mick Mulvaney.

Is the president really prepared to shut down the government again in three weeks?