Senate stalemate sends US shutdown into second week
Senior Republicans, including Senate Majority Leader John Thune and House Speaker Mike Johnson, have continued to blame Democrats for the shutdown.
The scope of those potential lay-offs remain unclear but the White House has been in discussions with the Office of Management and Budget, or OMB.
With both sides deadlocked, the White House on Friday said it would be left with the "unenviable task" of mass lay-offs to keep essential government services operating if the shutdown continues, which Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt described as "fiscal sani
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