The Trump administration began implementing plans to downsize the federal workforce on Friday amid the government shutdown, following through on the president’s vow to use the closure to target agencies and employees he has long sought to cut.
“It will be a lot of people,” Trump said Friday when asked how many layoffs Vought authorized, adding that the reductions in force will be “Democrat orientated.”
Friday’s layoffs appeared to fall heavily on programs whose missions diverge from the administration’s policy agenda, according to several federal employees who were not authorized to speak publicly. The layoffs included a Health and Human Services division centered on family and community initiatives, a Housing and Urban Development office that enforces fair housing standards, and an Education Department team devoted
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