The White House is seeking to put Democrats on the defensive and pressure the opposition into backing a measure to open up Washington, as the government shutdown heads into its third week.
Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought announced on Friday that the Trump administration has begun laying off federal workers. The White House has framed the cuts as Democrats’ fault due to accusations the party could have stopped such “reductions in force,” or RIFs, if they had lifted a block in the Senate on House Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-LA) continuing resolution.
The RIFs are targeting workers across at least seven federal agencies, including the Departments of Homeland Security, Treasury, Commerce, Education, Energy, Health and Human Services, and Housing and Urban Development, according to
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