US EditionTrump official says federal layoffs 'have begun' amid government shutdown
- Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought posted on X on October 10, 2025 that `The RIFs have begun`, signaling substantial government layoffs.
- Following leaked OMB memos, agencies were ordered to prepare reduction-in-force plans during the shutdown as the administration aims to cut federal headcount by roughly 300,000 this year.
- At the Department of Health and Human Services, some 46% of its 78,000 employees were furloughed, with layoff notices reported across Treasury, EPA, CISA, Education, Commerce, Energy, Interior and HUD.
- Unions asked US District Judge Susan Illston for a temporary restraining order, with Rep. Sarah Elfreth stating `We believe that they are not only unethical and immoral but illegal for him to be RIFing people in a shutdown`.
- Legal experts say the president's authority to carry out mass firings during a shutdown is contested, and if allowed to stand, the government reopening could be smaller with a reduced federal workforce in 2026.
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Trump administration says about 4,200 federal employees face layoffs
More than a week into the government shutdown, layoffs of federal workers have begun, following through on administration threats to slash the size of government during the shutdown.In a court filing late Friday, lawyers for the government wrote that an estimated 4,200 employees across at least seven agencies began receiving reduction in force, or RIF, notices on Oct. 10.The declaration, from Office of Management and Budget (OMB) senior advisor …
White House: ‘Massive’ shutdown layoffs begin
WASHINGTON, D.C. — White House said Friday it had begun mass layoffs of federal workers as President Donald Trump sought to amp up pressure on opposition Democrats to end a government shutdown that has crippled public services.
The U.S. federal government began firing thousands of officials because of the government’s closure, the White House announced this Friday, after ten days of total disagreement between Democrats and Republicans. Staff cuts “have begun,” said in X Russ Vought, the head of the White House’s Office of Management and Budget (OMB). A spokesman for the OMB confirmed to the AFP that the layoffs “started” in “substantial” amounts. Some 750,000 employees…
Trump Admin Fires Entire Agency In One Swipe Amid Schumer Shutdown
The White House began conducting mass layoffs on Friday amid a prolonged government shutdown, including slashing an entire department under the U.S. Department of the Treasury. The entire staff at the Community Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI) received a layoff notice on Friday, an administration official confirmed to the Daily Caller News Foundation. The program’s elimination […] Trump Admin Fires Entire Agency In One Swipe Amid Schumer Shutd…
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