White House says fed layoffs are ‘imminent’

Russ Vought will brief House Republicans on Wednesday on looming layoffs, the White House said. 

Vice President JD Vance (left) stands as White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt speaks with reporters in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House on Wednesday.Alex Brandon/AP

E&E NEWS PM | Layoffs of federal employees are “imminent,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Wednesday after the Trump administration announced plans for widespread staff cuts during the government shutdown.

President Donald Trump “has directed his Cabinet, and the Office of Management and Budget is working with agencies across the board to identify where cuts can be made,” Leavitt told reporters Wednesday at the White House after the government shutdown began at midnight.

“We believe that layoffs are imminent,” she added. “They are, unfortunately, a consequence of this government shutdown.”

Leavitt and the administration are placing blame for the shutdown on congressional Democrats, who are pointing the finger back at Republicans in the White House and in Congress.

Trump and his aides have floated plans to conduct widespread layoffs across federal agencies in the event of a shutdown. Russ Vought, the head of the White House Office of Management and Budget, will present a plan for mass layoffs to House Republicans on Wednesday afternoon, Leavitt said.

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