The White House on Wednesday sent mixed messages about upcoming firings as a result of the ongoing government shutdown. Last week, the Trump administration threatened mass layoffs of some federal workers during the shutdown. On Tuesday, President Donald Trump threatened that "a lot" of federal workers may get fired in a shutdown.

The federal government entered a partial shutdown early Wednesday after Democrats and Republicans failed to reach an agreement on a

Director Russell Vought told House Republicans in a Wednesday call that layoffs of federal workers will be coming in a day or two, according to sources on the call. The call came on day one of a government shutdown as Democrats in Congress have rejected a short-term Republican

Vice President JD Vance, while speaking at a White House press briefing, said that he does not think the government shutdown will be long.

Vance warns travelers that air traffic controllers ‘no longer getting paid’ as Trump layoffs loom - Republican funding bill fails in Congress on Tuesday evening, leading to the first government shutdo

This is the third time Trump has presided over a federal funding lapse, the first since his return to the White House this year.

Senate Democrats on Wednesday voted to block a Republican bill aimed at keeping the government open through November 21.