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White House announces federal worker layoffs as shutdown nears third week


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The White House announced layoffs of federal workers on Friday, making good on a threat it had made in response to the US government shutdown, which now appears set to stretch into a third straight week.

Russell Vought, the director of the White House office of management and budget, wrote on social media that “RIFs have begun”, referring to the government’s reduction-in-force procedure to let employees go.

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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/10/federal-workers-pay-government-shutdown

Author : Chris Stein in Washington and Michael Sainato

Publish date : 2025-10-10 19:52:00

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