A view of the Washington Monument seen between wires that cover the windows on the observation deck of the Old Post Office Tower on January 11, 2019, in Washington, D.C. While thousands of National Park Service employees are on furlough and parks and sites are closed across the country due to the partial federal government shutdown, the General Services Administration—which leases the building and tower to the Trump International Hotel—was able to find money to pay park rangers to stay on the job.
