Yahoo
Why is the government still shut down? White House launches mass firings amid health care stalemate
The federal government has been shut down for two weeks, and there is still no end in sight as Congress remains in a heated deadlock over health insurance costs. The shutdown began after Democrats ...
KVUE
Firings of federal workers begin as White House seeks to pressure Democrats in government shutdown
Russ Vought, the director of the Office of Management and Budget, said on the social media site X that the “RIFs have begun,” referring to reduction-in-force plans aimed at reducing the size of the ...
Washington's struggling economy takes another hit from the government shutdown
With the combination of the longest government shutdown, the mass firings of government workers and a fresh cut in federal ...
“We’re reaching a tipping point”: Unpaid air traffic controllers calling off sick as US government shutdown continues
When the government shutdown began on October 1, the National Airspace System (NAS) was operating with 3,000 fewer air ...
WMUR
Federal workers continue to face mass firings amid government shutdown
Already thousands of federal workers are furloughed without pay. Now even more federal workers may need to start searching for *** new job. Over the weekend, Vice President JD Vance said the new cuts ...
Capital Gazette
Judge temporarily stops Trump’s mass firings during shutdown
A judge halted the Trump administration’s mass firing of federal employees during the government shutdown, siding Wednesday with the unions challenging the reductions in force, or RIFs, announced by ...
Head Start advocates warn shutdown will harm early learning programs
If the federal government doesn’t reopen by Nov. 1, services for more than 65,000 low-income children are in jeopardy, Head Start supporters say.