{"id":105522,"date":"2025-10-02T12:47:45","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T16:47:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/white-house-says-federal-layoffs-could-hit-thousands-ahead-of-trump-vought-meeting-105522"},"modified":"2025-10-02T12:47:45","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T16:47:45","slug":"white-house-says-federal-layoffs-could-hit-thousands-ahead-of-trump-vought-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/white-house-says-federal-layoffs-could-hit-thousands-ahead-of-trump-vought-meeting-105522","title":{"rendered":"White House says federal layoffs could hit &#8216;thousands&#8217; ahead of Trump, Vought meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>The federal government may have to lay off &#8220;thousands&#8221; of employees if the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/trump-sees-unprecedented-opportunity-cut-government-during-shutdown\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">government shutdown<\/a> continues, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt warned Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Leavitt made the comments during a gaggle with reporters outside the White House, saying administration officials are already gaming out the layoffs.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Look, it&#8217;s likely going to be in the thousands. It&#8217;s a very good question. And that&#8217;s something that the Office of Management and Budget and the entire team at the White House here, again, is unfortunately having to work on today,&#8221; Leavitt said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;These discussions and these conversations, these meetings would not be happening if the Democrats had voted to keep the government open,&#8221; she added.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/democrats-big-disadvantage-shutdown-trump-starts-slashing-programs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>DEMOCRATS AT A BIG DISADVANTAGE IN SHUTDOWN AS TRUMP STARTS SLASHING THEIR PROGRAMS<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Leavitt went on to accuse Democrats of playing politics with the shutdown, arguing there is &#8220;zero good reason&#8221; for Democrats to obstruct the process.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They are doing it for political reasons. They are doing it because they want to give taxpayer-funded health care benefits to illegal aliens, which is something that American people resoundingly rejected ahead of the election last year,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/vance-brings-receipts-target-dems-health-care-benefits-illegal-aliens\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>VANCE BRINGS RECEIPTS TO TARGET DEMS ON HEALTHCARE BENEFITS FOR ILLEGAL ALIENS<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>Donald Trump<\/u><\/a> announced earlier Thursday that he is set to meet with Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Russell Vought later Thursday to discuss which agencies &#8220;are a political SCAM.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Vought is tasked with recommending which agencies should face cuts and whether those cuts should be temporary or permanent.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I can\u2019t believe the Radical Left Democrats gave me this unprecedented opportunity,&#8221; Trump wrote on social media. &#8220;They are not stupid people, so maybe this is their way of wanting to, quietly and quickly, MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The federal government <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/topic\/government-shutdown\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>entered a partial shutdown<\/u><\/a> Wednesday after the midnight funding deadline passed, with Democrats and Republicans failing to agree on a funding bill.<\/p>\n<p>Vice President JD Vance on Wednesday accused Democrats of forcing the shutdown over providing illegal immigrants with taxpayer-funded emergency healthcare and Senate Minority Leader <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/vance-blames-schumers-fear-aoc-primary-challenge-shutdown-cause\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., fearing<\/u><\/a> a primary challenge from progressive &#8220;Squad&#8221; member Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y.<\/p>\n<p><i>Fox News&#8217; Stephen Sorace contributed to this report<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/white-house-says-federal-layoffs-could-hit-thousands-ahead-trump-vought-meeting\">Source &#8211; https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/white-house-says-federal-layoffs-could-hit-thousands-ahead-trump-vought-meeting <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The federal government may have to lay off &#8220;thousands&#8221; of employees if the government shutdown continues, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt warned Thursday. 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