The US government may lose more than 100,000 federal workers on Tuesday week as a government shutdown looms increasingly closer. The Donald Trump government released a memo on Wednesday asking agencies to prepare large-scale layoffs if the partisan fight over spending plans fails to reach a conclusion. Thousands of federal workers now appear set to quit under a deferred resignation program — the largest mass exit in US history.

Trump is no stranger to the crisis — having been President during the last government shutdown in 2018. It had lasted a record-setting 35 days and led to significant disruptions and economic costs. Approximately 380,000 federal employees were furloughed during this time while an additional 420,000 workers were required to continue working without pay. But the lates

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