OMB director warns federal layoffs just days away amid shutdown: Report

Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought on Wednesday warned House Republicans in a conference call that mass federal layoffs would begin within days, The Hill reported, citing "sources on the call."

The government officially shut down on Wednesday morning after the Senate failed to approve either of two competing resolutions to fund the government. Republicans have blamed Democrats for the shutdown, asserting that the seek to fund health care for illegal aliens.

The possible scale of mass federal layoffs remains unclear. However, Trump administration officials have previously hinted that a shutdown would permit them to proceed with considerably larger scale firings than they have thus far pursued.

More than 100,000 federal workers formally resigned on Tuesday as part of a buyout program the administration implemented earlier this year. Some of the administration's mass layoffs, however, have faced legal challenges.

Ben Whedon is the Chief Political Correspondent at Just the News. Follow him on X.