Take that DS! Santa Tracker still lit!
NORAD Santa Tracker:
The military says its famous Santa tracker won't be impacted by the shutdown because it is run by volunteers and funded by the Department of Defense's budget that was approved earlier this year, according to the Associated Press.
https://www.npr.org/2018/12/23/679652640/how-the-partial-government-shutdown-could-impact-you?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=news
The military
U.S. military operations will continue around the world. "Active-duty military personnel have always been required to work through shutdowns," PolitiFact reports. "Army troops don't abandon their posts and naval ships don't all return to port. In addition, many civilian workers in the Defense Department have been ordered to work through shutdowns. Other civilian workers in the Defense Department, however, hold jobs that do not meet the urgency threshold to keep working."
Border security
Customs and border agents will continue working along the border and at ports of entry.
The Mueller investigation
Special Counsel Robert Mueller's office is "funded from a permanent indefinite appropriation and would be unaffected in the event of a shutdown … The appropriation bills before Congress do not touch the (special counsel's office)," a spokesman for the special counsel's office told CNN.