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How Americans are coming together to support federal workers

The weeks-long partial government shutdown has many Americans losing faith. But at the same time, groups are coalescing to provide support to the hundreds of thousands of federal employees going without their paychecks. Across the country, airports are setting up food pantries, banks are offering interest-free loans and schools are hosting job fairs in an effort to pitch in. Amna Nawaz reports.

How Americans are coming together to support federal workers

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