Frustrated Federal Workers Apply For Unemployment

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Thousands of federal employees and their families are applying for unemployment and food stamps to get by as the longest government shutdown in U.S. history drags on with no end in sight. But for some of them, it has been an exercise in confusion and frustration.Others, meanwhile, are hesitant to apply, knowing they will have to pay back the unemployment benefits when they finally return to work.The U.S.

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