White House Expected to Cut 10,000 Jobs Amid Government Shutdown
White House Expected to Cut 10,000 Jobs Amid Government Shutdown
The White House says the shutdown could cost 10,000+ federal workers their jobs, with more than 4,000 already laid off. Justice, Treasury, and Education departments feel the squeeze as Congress stalls.
As Republican President Donald Trump puts more pressure on Democrats, the White House announced Wednesday that it is likely to lay off at least 10,000 federal employees during the US government shutdown. The shutdown is now in its third week, with Trump delivering on his threats to strike the workforce in retaliation and Congress stuck in a deadlock over spending.
In response to a question about the number of layoffs, Russ Vought, the head of the White House Office of Management and Budget, stated in an interview with the Charlie Kirk show,
"I think we'll probably end up being north of 10,000."
"We want to be very aggressive where we can be in shuttering the bureaucracy."
More than 4,000 workers were let go on Friday, according to court documents the Department of Justice filed, with the US Treasury, health, education, and housing departments suffering the most. Vought said that was a "snapshot" and that there would be more to come.
Trump has threatened to impose mass layoffs on employees associated with the opposition party if Democrats continue to oppose a resolution passed by the House to fund the government through late November.
The US president has promised to find a way to pay troops who will be experiencing their first pay cut, even though the uncertainty is already creating long lines of uniformed men and women at food banks.
