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Yesterday — 8 October 2025Main stream

Mass Layoffs Trump Is Threatening in Shutdown Fight May Be Illegal

By: Tony Romm
8 October 2025 at 06:38
Unions have sued to block any firings, which budget experts believe are not even needed to protect essential federal services.

© Pete Marovich for The New York Times

President Trump has already dismissed thousands of civil servants during the eight months that he has held office.
Before yesterdayMain stream

Shutdown Politics Has Republicans Singing Government’s Praises

7 October 2025 at 06:27
As Republicans try to pin blame for shutdown damage on Democrats, they are hailing a federal bureaucracy they normally bash as wasteful and overreaching.

© Jamie Kelter Davis for The New York Times

A Transportation Security Administration checkpoint at O’Hare International Airport in Chicago last week on the first day of the government shutdown.

Trump Aimed Shutdown Cuts at Democrats, but G.O.P. Districts Are Hit, Too

7 October 2025 at 05:33
As the president cancels projects in Democratic-run states, he is cutting money that benefits his own party’s lawmakers in some of the most competitive House districts.

© Al Drago for The New York Times

Representative Mike Lawler’s New York district could lose millions of dollars of federal funding if the Trump administration cuts certain energy projects.
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