US EditionTrump’s Shutdown Blame Game: Democrats Pressured to Yield, While Administration Makes Plans for Mass Layoffs
The standoff over expiring Affordable Care Act subsidies risks a shutdown that could lead to up to 300,000 federal layoffs, officials warn.
- On October 1, a funding fight could trigger a federal shutdown, with President Donald Trump’s administration canceling foreign aid and asserting authority to withhold billions, signaling expanded executive power.
- The dispute centers on expiring Affordable Care Act subsidies that Democrats warn will harm millions of enrollees, while Republicans push a short-term funding extension at current levels.
- The Office of Management and Budget emailed agency heads that the administration has already reduced the federal workforce by about 200,000 and should consider issuing `reduction in force` notices.
- If funding lapses, agencies could be authorized to sideline services and employees with "enormous latitude," while legal challenges face courts with limited sympathy toward federal workers under a 6-3 Supreme Court conservative majority.
- Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer has urged his caucus to reject the funding bill, while GOP leaders intervened and Schumer spoke with John Thune amid fragile Democratic unity.
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Trump’s shutdown blame game: Democrats pressured to yield, while administration makes plans for mass layoffs
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Trump's Federal Layoff Warning Divides Senate Democrats
President Donald Trump’s bold threat to lay off federal employees amid a looming government shutdown has sent shockwaves through Washington, exposing raw divisions among Senate Democrats, as Newsmax reports. The clash revolves around a House-approved short-term funding bill, with Trump’s warning intensifying an already tense standoff between Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer and a growing faction of centrists and retiring members seeking co…
The closure of the federal government in the United States from Wednesday onwards is almost inevitable in the face of the clash between Democrats and Republicans, led by President Donald Trump, who considers unacceptable the demands of the opposition to support an additional budget and is already preparing for the possible dismissal of large-scale officials. Congress has until 23:59 hours this Tuesday to approve a new federal budget or a tempora…
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