Here are all the ways the partial government shutdown is impacting the lives of average Americans
Many national parks have closed campgrounds to visitors to prevent facilities including trash sites and toilets from overflowing.
The parks that remain open rely on volunteers and visitors to clean up after themselves.
Source: Reuters
The National Zoo, in addition to the 17 museums run by the Smithsonian closed their doors several days into the shutdown after running out of emergency funding.
Source: Reuters
The shutdown has also affected the Washington DC courts, which are funded by the federal government. They have closed the Marriage Bureau, stopped bar admissions, shut down the judicial library, and stopped providing child-care for employees.
Source: The Washington Post
The 40 million or so people who receive food stamps will only be able to get the benefit through January if the shutdown continues. Other aid programs focused on child nutrition, including school lunch and breakfast programs, will also continue operating into February.
Benefits including Social Security, disability checks, and Medicare are unaffected by the shutdown.
Around 800,000 Americans who are employed by the government are currently furloughed or working without pay until the shutdown ends.
Employees with the Transportation Security Administration were deemed essential and are currently being forced to work without pay. A CNN report said "hundreds" of TSA officers were calling out of the unpaid work, potentially compromising airport security and increasing wait times.
Source: CNN
Tens of thousands of employees working without pay are in law enforcement departments including the FBI, Customs and Border Protection, and the Secret Service.
With no end in sight, further effects from the shutdown are unclear as lawmakers tangle with President Donald Trump over a deal.
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