The Trump administration has escalated its political battle with the Democrats by firing federal workers in response to the government shutdown that began last week.
Russell Vought, Donald Trump’s budget director, wrote on X on Friday that “the RIFs have begun”, referring to ‘reductions in force” within federal agencies that the administration had been threatening in recent days.
The White House did not specify the number of federal employees who would be sacked. But agencies including the Treasury and health departments have been affected, according to administration officials.
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