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AFL-CIO responded by saying unions will take issue to court as deadlock remains over government funding US politics live – latest updates The White House announced layoffs of federal workers on Friday, making good on a threat it had made in response to the US government shutdown, which now appears set to stretch into a third straight week. Russell Vought, the director of the White House office of management and budget, wrote on social media that “RIFs have begun”, referring to the government’s reduction-in-force procedure to let employees go. He provided no further details on the departments and agencies at which the layoffs were taking place. Continue reading...
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