Trump, government shutdown and Judge Susan Illston
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A federal judge temporarily blocked the Trump administration's mass layoffs as the government shutdown drags on, pausing the cuts for thousands of workers.
Labor groups are set to square off against the Trump administration one day after the president renewed his threat to cut “Democrat programs.”
The Trump administration will continue paying FBI agents despite the ongoing government shutdown that has frozen paychecks for nearly all federal workers, FBI Director Kash Patel announced.
The Senate is set to return on Tuesday to vote for an eighth time on reopening the government. The plan is expected to fail again.
Vice President JD Vance is warning of deeper cuts to the federal workforce the longer the government shutdown goes on.
Maryland and Virginia Democrats rallied in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday to call out the Trump administration for sending layoff notices last week to thousands of federal workers during a government shutdown.