The Trump administration is moving forward with plans to punish federal workers at agencies thought to be favored by Democrats with unnecessary mass layoffs in order to force Senate Democrats to vote for an end to a government shutdown that is quickly moving towards a third week without end in sight.
Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought announced the move in a post on X, writing that “the RIFs” — meaning Reductions in Force or mass firings — had “begun.”
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