As the shutdown entered its fifth day on Sunday, White House National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett told CNN that he still saw a chance that Democrats would back down.

Democrats are holding firm on their health-care demands, pushing to include a permanent extension of enhanced premium tax credits in funding legislation.

The Trump administration will start mass layoffs for federal workers if the president decides negotiations to end a government shutdown are \

US President Donald Trump blames Democrats for looming federal layoffs as shutdown enters fifth day.

Senator Chuck Schumer and Speaker Mike Johnson each accused the other of not being “serious” about talks to end the shutdown as the government was closed for a fifth day.

Chuck Schumer says administration has ‘refused to talk with us’. Key US politics stories from 5 October at a glance

As the shutdown entered its fifth day on Sunday, White House National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett told CNN that he still saw a chance that Democrats would back down.

The Trump administration has warned that the shutdown will lead to federal employees getting laid off, rather than merely furloughed.

US lawmakers remain at impasse as shutdown stretches into sixth day; White House again threatens layoffs.