Mass Layoffs

From USA Today/Yahoo:

“President Trump begins mass layoffs of federal workers amid government shutdown”

President Donald Trump on Friday followed through on his long-standing threat to fire federal workers during the government shutdown, taking action to downsize the government that marks a dramatic break from past shutdowns. “The RIFs have begun,” Russell Vought, director of the White House Office of Management and Budget said in a post on X, referring to “reductions in force,” or RIFs.

With the government out of money after President Donald Trump and lawmakers failed to agree on a deal to keep the lights on, many federal departments and agencies have been closed since midnight. See what remains open and what has closed. The United States Park Service place a notice on the visitors entry door notifying of the closing of the Washington Monument to visitors on the first day of the federal government shutdown on October 1, 2025 after President Donald Trump and congressional leaders failed to reach a funding compromise.

An OMB spokeswoman would not say how many federal workers are affected, or which agencies were targeted, but described the layoffs as substantial. Trump has repeatedly warned Democrats he may pursue mass layoffs of workers and government programs if the shutdown, which began on Oct. 10, drags on.

Historically, nonessential federal workers are placed on furloughs that pause their pay during government shutdowns, but they are not part of widespread federal workforce layoffs. About 750,000 federal workers have been furloughed during the shutdown. The Trump administration this year has already fired tens of thousands of federal workers as part of Trump's Department of Government Efficiency's efforts to drastically cut the size of the federal government.

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