The White House is pledging to fire more federal workers, the next salvo in President Donald Trump’s push to pressure Democrats to sign onto the GOP’s continuing resolution and end the government shutdown.
“OMB is making every preparation to batten down the hatches and ride out the Democrats’ intransigence,” the White House Office of Management and Budget wrote Tuesday on X. “Pay the troops, pay law enforcement, continue the RIFs, and wait.”
Trump and Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought launched their long-threatened shutdown-related layoffs last Friday, with Republicans calling the reductions in force financially prudent and…
Read the full article at POLITICO.COM
