Squeezed by shutdown, some furloughed USNPS rangers mull second jobs, filing for unemployment

As the United States endures the third week of a government shutdown, some federal employees are left wondering whether the time has come to seek a new job.

In recent days, President Donald Trump has showed no sign of budging on his demands for a $5.7 billion border wall between the US and Mexico, which Democrats are determined to deny. At the end of last week, Trump suggested that the shutdown could last "months or even years."

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