WASHINGTON ‒ The White House said additional mass layoffs of federal workers are coming as the federal government shutdown, now 14 days old, drags on.
The Office of Management of Budget, in an Oct. 14 statement posted on X, said the White House is “making every preparation to batten down the hatches and ride out the Democrats’ intransigence.”
“Pay the troops, pay law enforcement, continue the RIFs, and wait,” the OMB, led by director Russell Vought, added in the statement.
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President Donald Trump over the weekend announced his administration identified available federal funds to pay members of the U.S. military, who were at risk of missing their Oct. 15 paychecks because of the shutdown.
