With a major shift in our politics underway in this country, 1A is drilling down on what's at stake for you and our democracy.

In our weekly series, If You Can Keep It, we put these changes into focus and answer your questions about the impact of the Trump administration on the U.S.

Join us every Monday for If You Can Keep It on the 1A podcast from NPR and WAMU.

Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Herbst.

With no end in sight to the federal government shutdown, many federal workers are struggling

with how they'll get by once their paychecks stop coming.

And here's Jennifer Ludden spoke with a single mom in Colorado, who's tried to prepare.

Early this year, Stephanie Rogers and her two daughters moved in with her mom.

It was to save money and also a hedge against mass layoffs and the chance of another shutdown.

Rogers works for the FDA and is a chapter

president of the National Treasury Employees Union. She remembers the 2018 shutdown that dragged out

35 days, so this time she made a painful decision. I had to pull out of my retirement, which

has some big tax consequences for next year.

She says the FDA is her dream job, but she has no idea if she'll get back pay or even still have a job whenever the shutdown ends.

Jennifer Lutton, NPR News.

Vice President Vance says the Trump administration will continue its court fight to be able to deploy National Guard troops in Illinois a day after a federal appeals court blocked the effort.

And here's Joe Hernandez reports.

The ruling on Saturday allowed the Trump administration to keep the National Guard troops now in Illinois under federal control, but it blocked the deployment of those National Guard

troops for now. Vice President Vance told ABCs this week on Sunday that the government would

continue arguing its case in court. We're obviously going to litigate this as much as we can.

We think that we have the authority to provide proper safety to our citizens all over the

United States, but particularly

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