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Judge blocks Trump admin from laying off federal workers during government shutdown  Politico Trump Administration Live Updates: President Suggests Ground Strikes on Venezuela Could Be Next  The New York Times Judge halts Trump’s planned layoffs of federal workers during government shutdown, calling them unlawful  CNN Court blocks Trump administration’s latest mass layoffs for federal employees  Federal News Network Trump admin federal job cuts likely …

Trump Signs Memo Expanding His Authority to Spend Federal Money  The New York Times Trump is opting some of the government out of the shutdown  The Washington Post Is it legal to use R&D money to pay troops during shutdown?  Federal News Network White House may ‘run out’ of funds to pay military if shutdown continues, Johnson warns  Fox News “Yes it’s illegal, but”: …

Director of the United States Office of Management and Budget Russell Vought speaks in front of TV camera at White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., July 7, 2025. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters The Trump administration could slash more than 10,000 federal jobs during the government shutdown, White House budget director Russell Vought said Wednesday. “We want to be very aggressive …

A woman walks past a sign on Oct. 6 indicating the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., is closed as the federal government continues its shutdown. Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images With the federal government shutdown now 2 weeks old and counting, a federal judge in San Francisco will weigh …

Tear gas used by federal immigration agents following East Side traffic crash, neighborhood uprising  Chicago Tribune ICE Is Cracking Down on Chicago. Some Chicagoans Are Fighting Back.  The New York Times Video shows moment feds chased and crashed into vehicle, sparking standoff on Southeast Side  CBS News Federal Agents Deploy Tear Gas In Albany Park As Neighbors Block Immigration Arrest  Block Club Chicago Tear …

New filings detail chaos of mass federal employee firings amid shutdown  San Francisco Chronicle White House to continue reductions in force as shutdown drags on  Politico Former federal employees join Democrats to rally against coming RIFs  Federal News Network Breaking down the impact of Trump’s shutdown layoffs of federal workers  CNN ‘Batten down the hatches’. Trump White House warns of more layoffs during shutdown  USA …

Congress remained deadlocked on legislation to reopen the federal government, as the US Senate on Tuesday again rejected a Republican plan to end the government shutdown that began two weeks ago. The eighth Senate vote to advance a Republican bill that would fund government operations through 21 November failed on a 49-45 tally – far short of the 60 needed …

Now in the third week of the partial government shutdown, tensions are rising rapidly over the impending wave of reductions in force across federal agencies. In the aftermath of several agencies’ RIF announcements late last week, federal employees joined with Democratic lawmakers on Tuesday in Washington, D.C., to blast the planned layoffs. With a view of the Office of Management …

Federal agents fired tear gas at a crowd during a tense standoff in East Side, Chicago following a car crash Tuesday. A Department of Homeland Security spokesperson said border patrol agents were in the city when someone rammed into one of their cars, setting off a chase.  Chicago police said their officers responded to the 10500 block of South Avenue …

Johnson defends administration’s move to keep military paid during shutdown The House speaker has said that the Trump administration has “every right” to move around the “duly appropriated dollars from Congress to the Department of Defense”. The Pentagon and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has said that unspent funds from research and development accounts will be used to …