Shutdown 2019: 90 (and counting) very real direct effects

US Coast Guard families receive free groceries during a food giveaway organized by the San Francisco-Marin Food Bank and the North Bay Coast Guard Spouses Club on Saturday, January 19, in Novato, California.

Employees of Frontier Airlines bring donated food for federal workers to Orlando International Airport on Wednesday, January 16.

Airport operation workers flip burgers and hot dogs at Salt Lake City International Airport on January 16. They treated federal workers to a free lunch to keep their spirits up during the shutdown.

Rep. Jahana Hayes, D-Connecticut, holds a letter on January 16 that was delivered to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s office urging the Senate to act on House-passed legislation to reopen the government

Security lines at Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport back up Monday, January 14, causing some travelers to miss their flights.

The White House looks especially wintry after a storm on Sunday, January 13, as the shutdown grinds on.

The Capitol amid the snowfall on January 13.

Job seekers fill out information during a Transportation Security Administration fast-track hiring event in Nashville on Saturday, January 12.

A traveler sleeps near a closed terminal January 12 at Miami International Airport.

Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington appears empty from the observation deck of the Old Post Office Tower on Friday, January 11.

A child plays along the border wall in Tijuana, Mexico, on Friday, January 11.

Federal workers and contractors rally against the partial federal government shutdown outside the AFL-CIO headquarters on January 10, 2019, in Washington.

A protester holds a sign during a rally in Washington on January 10. Around 800,000 federal workers remain out of work or are working without pay because of the shutdown.

Katie Barron stands in her kitchen while working from home in Madison, Alabama, on Wednesday, January 9. Barron works for a private company not connected to the government but her husband is a National Weather Service meteorologist forced to work without pay because his job is classified as essential.

House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer holds a quote from Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell as he speaks to the media on January 9.

Tables sit empty during dinnertime at Rocket City Tavern, located near numerous federal agencies in Huntsville, Alabama, on January 9. Business at the restaurant is down since the shutdown began.

Federal Aviation Administration employee Michael Jessie, who is currently working without pay as an aviation safety inspector, holds a sign Tuesday, January 8, while attending a news conference at Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey.

A tourist in Philadelphia takes a picture through a window of the closed building housing the Liberty Bell on January 8.

President Trump gives a prime-time address about border security on January 8. In his Oval Office address, Trump warned of “a growing humanitarian and security crisis at our southern border.”

Migrants from Mexico and Central America watch Trump’s speech from a shelter in Tijuana, Mexico, on January 8.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi delivered a rebuttal after Trump’s speech. “President Trump must stop holding the American people hostage, must stop manufacturing a crisis and must reopen the government,” Pelosi said. For weeks, the President and congressional Democrats have been at an impasse over his demand for $5.7 billion to build a wall on the US-Mexico border.

Passengers wait in line at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport on Monday, January 7. Employees with the Transportation Security Administration are among those who are working without pay.

A National Park Service ranger looks out onto Washington from the Trump International Hotel’s historic clock tower.

A pedestrian in Arlington, Virginia, climbs over a fence leading to Theodore Roosevelt Island, which was closed because of the government shutdown on Sunday, January 6.

Visitors drive through Tennessee’s Great Smoky Mountains National Park on Saturday, January 5.

A donation box sits on the counter at the Ernest F. Coe Visitor Center in Florida’s Everglades National Park. Dany Garcia, center, was being paid by the Florida National Parks Association to work in the center during the partial government shutdown.

A woman and her child visit the tower deck at the National Gallery of Art in Washington on Wednesday, January 2. It was scheduled to close the next day because of the shutdown.

A closed sign is posted on the gate of Smithsonian’s National Zoo on January 2.

A child looks inside the National Museum of African American History, which was closed because of the shutdown.

Garbage overflows from a trash can on the National Mall, across from the White House, on Tuesday, January 1. The National Park Service, which is responsible for trash removal, was not operating because of the government shutdown.

This photo, taken on Tuesday, January 1, shows the South Rim of Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona. While parts of the park were closed because of the shutdown, much of its South Rim was open and accessible.

A view of the White House in late December.

A public trash can spills over on Washington’s Pennsylvania Avenue on December 24.

Two people stand in front of the Lincoln Memorial on Saturday, December 22. Many of the National Mall sights remained open despite the shutdown.

A National Park Service worker prepares to lock the visitor bathrooms at the Lincoln Memorial on December 22.

People line up to board a ferry to visit the Statue of Liberty on December 22. The national landmark remained open after New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo made funding available for it.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer arrives at the US Capitol on December 22.

A road is closed near the Golden Gate National Recreation Area on December 22.