Shutdown Pain Ripples Through US Economy With No Deal in Sight

The first week of a government shutdown is usually the easy one. It only gets harder after that.

As the standoff between President Donald Trump and Congress stretches into its second week — and with no end in sight — the real-world impacts of the shutdown are starting to rise.

Air travel, taxpayer services and national parks are among the first government functions to feel the strain of a prolonged impasse, and some agencies have implemented a sort of rolling blackout of services to conserve funds and respond only to emergencies.

A “Park Closed” sign on a gate at the entrance to Muir Woods National Monument in Marin County, California.

Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg

More than a quarter million federal employees missed ...