White House officials are raising the possibility that furloughed federal workers might not be entitled to back pay from their time off during the government shutdown.

Hundreds of thousands of federal workers woke up Oct. 1 to find themselves furloughed or working without pay, after government funding lapsed overnight.

President Trump on Tuesday said some furloughed federal workers “don’t deserve” back pay after a draft White House memo raised the possibility that some employees might not be paid after the government shutdown.

“I would say it depends on who we’re talking about,” Trump said to reporters alongside Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney. “I could tell you this, the Democrats have put a lot of people at great risk and jeopardy. But it really depends on who you’re talking about.

“For the most part, we’re going to take care of our people,” he added. “There are some people that really don’t deserve to be taken care of. And we’ll take care of them in a different way.”

The government shutdown marks the first time since January 2019 that lawmakers........

© The Hill