US EditionSchumer’s Shutdown War Room
The Trump administration plans to begin firing federal workers within days of the shutdown, affecting hundreds of thousands amid stalled funding talks in Congress.
- A federal judge in San Francisco will hear arguments from the American Federation of Government Employees and the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees to halt layoffs initiated by the Trump administration due to a government shutdown.
- The Trump administration argues that the court lacks jurisdiction to hear the case regarding federal employment issues.
- Judge Susan Illston will consider claims that the Office of Management and Budget has unlawfully directed agencies to disregard legal obligations during the shutdown.
- Democratic leaders criticized these layoffs, asserting they are an attempt to intimidate federal workers and violate existing laws.
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Thousands of federal employees are getting laid off. Will a judge intervene?
With the federal government shutdown now two weeks old and counting, a federal judge in San Francisco will weigh whether to temporarily halt the latest wave of layoffs by the Trump administration.U.S. District Judge Susan Illston will hear preliminary arguments on Wednesday in a case brought by the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) and the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), which together repr…
5 Points on the Trump Admin’s Threatened—And Real—Government Shutdown Layoffs
In an effort to try and make good on their threats and to put more pressure on congressional Democrats, Trump administration departments and agencies laid off around 4,000 federal employees at the end of last week. President Donald Trump himself has threatened more layoffs to come. The Office of Management and Budget called it a “substantial” reduction of the federal workforce. “The RIFs have begun,” OMB Director Russ Vought wrote in a social me…
Use The Shutdown Crisis To Reorder The Federal Government
by Jenny Beth Martin at CDN - As Washington adapts to the realities of its latest government showdown, the memo circulated last week by OMB Director Russ Vought offers a rare glimpse of clarity in the chaos. Vought’s instruction to federal agency heads to prepare reduction-in-force (RIF) plans in the event of a shutdown signals a bold – and long overdue – move to … Click to read the rest HERE-> Use The Shutdown Crisis To Reorder The Federal Gove…
Trump Budget Chief Warns Federal Firings Could Begin Within Days As Shutdown Bites
The warning follows a memo Vought issued last week, which instructed agencies to prepare Reduction in Force (RIF) notices for employees in programs that lost funding after the fiscal year expired.
Schumer coordinating shutdown strategy with liberal groups
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) is taking a more strategic approach with his government strategy this time around, closely coordinating with liberal groups. Schumer was criticized earlier this year for giving in during a government shutdown standoff against President Donald Trump and the Republicans. He took the criticism to heart, surrounding himself with the same liberal groups in planning his most recent shutdown gamble. Several l…
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