ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Johnny Zuagar says he tried to hide his worries about a potential government shutdown from his three boys as he weighs how much to spend on Christmas presents. Like thousands of federal workers, the statistician at the U.S. Census Bureau was navigating the holidays with the spirit of the season overtaken by an air of gloom and uncertainty and the prospect of furloughs in the days before Christmas. But Congress passed a three-month spending bill early Saturday, just after the midnight deadline, and President Joe Biden signed it into law hours later. There was no shutdown. But there’s concern about possible job cuts under the incoming Trump administration.
