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Trump Administration Says 4,108 Workers Have Been Fired Since Shutdown Began

The layoffs began with the shutdown on October 1 and are challenged in court by federal worker unions amid protests in Washington, D.C. area, affecting over 4,000 employees.

The number of US federal worker layoffs as a result of the government shutdown was revised downward on Tuesday (Oct 14), suggesting the Trump administration's initial statement about sweeping job cuts was too ambitious.The Trump administration has dismissed 4,108 employees since Oct 1, the day the US governme
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Two weeks into the US government shutdown, Donald Trump's administration has frozen or canceled nearly $28 billion that was intended for more than 200 projects, mostly located in cities, congressional districts and states led by Democrats, according to a New York Times analysis.

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The US Department of Justice has revised down the number of government employees who have been laid off during the shutdown.

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