US EditionHow Will the Shutdown Impact Mainers?
The shutdown furloughed 750,000 federal workers and sparked threats of mass layoffs amid a funding deadlock between Republicans and Democrats, officials said.
- Since the shutdown began at midnight on Wednesday, President Donald Trump and US Vice‑President JD Vance have threatened mass redundancies of about 750,000 federal workers.
- With Democrats dug in on healthcare demands, lawmakers reached an impasse as Congress failed to agree on short-term funding, with Democrats seeking enhanced health insurance tax credits and Medicaid reversals and Republicans opposing those terms.
- At a White House press briefing, Karoline Leavitt warned dismissals were `imminent`, JD Vance said `We don't necessarily want to do it, but we're going to do what we have to`, and about 14,000 DHS employees are expected to be furloughed.
- Closures and warnings from officials point to immediate disruptions and economic risk as national monuments and parks close, with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and House Speaker Mike Johnson cautioning about harm to growth and mounting pain.
- With Democrats set to block the reopening plan, Republicans may send senators home, pushing the shutdown into next week as a House resolution to fund through November 21 faces Senate opposition.
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Portland Press HeraldHow will the shutdown impact Mainers?
A lot depends on how long the stoppage lasts and whether President Donald Trump follows through with threatened layoffs.
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Texas Senator Ted Cruz is all smiles as the Trump administration uses the government shutdown as a weapon—not a last resort. In a moment that felt less like governance and more like gloating, Cruz went on Fox Business to openly cheer the idea of mass layoffs of federal workers. “I think that is fantastic,” Cruz said, responding to Trump budget chief Russ Vought’s plan to turn the shutdown into a purge of federal employees. Vought, a key architec…
Donald Trump using government shutdown to enact layoffs
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has seized on the government shutdown as an opportunity to reshape the federal workforce and punish detractors by threatening mass firings of workers and suggesting “irreversible” cuts to programs important to Democrats. Rather than simply furlough employees, as is usually done during any lapse of funds, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said layoffs were “imminent.” The Office of Management an…
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