President Donald Trump said he and his budget director will work out which “Democrat Agencies” to cut as the US government shutdown approached its third day. Republicans and Democrats on Capitol Hill, meanwhile, continued to blame each other for failing to keep federal agencies open. Hundreds of thousands of federal workers are staying home, while others worked without pay. As politicians traded barbs, US government services started to grind to a halt and thousands of federal workers stayed home. About 750,000 federal workers were expected to take unpaid leave, according to an estimate from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO).