White House, layoffs and government shutdown
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Government shutdown updates: 'I don't think it's going to be that long of a shutdown', Vance says
Vice President JD Vance, while speaking at a White House press briefing, said that he does not think the government shutdown will be long.
President Donald Trump is quietly benefiting from the federal government shutting down. The shutdown, which began at 12:01 a.m. Wednesday, arrived just in time to delay the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ September jobs report,
The move, which came hours into the federal government shutdown, affects the home city of Democratic congressional leaders Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries.
Congress left town Wednesday without a solution to break its bitter impasse over government funding, with the shutdown now set to last until at least Friday when members return for more votes.
The U.S. government shut down much of its operations on Wednesday as deep partisan divisions prevented Congress and the White House from reaching a funding deal, setting off what could be a long, grueling standoff that could lead to the loss of thousands of federal jobs.
Plunged into a government shutdown, the U.S. is confronting a fresh cycle of uncertainty after President Donald Trump and Congress failed to strike an agreement to keep programs and services
"Our entire government is shut down because Republicans in power refuse to lower health care costs," U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., said.