The U.S. is hurtling toward a government shutdown, with Democrats and Republicans seemingly no closer to agreeing on a plan, and President Donald Trump threatening that scores of federal workers could lose their jobs.

Trump on Tuesday morning said “maybe a lot” of government employees could be dismissed during any shutdown. The White House last week directed agencies to draw up plans for mass firings if the government closed down. So far, no agencies have explicitly called for layoffs in their shutdown plans. Copy article link

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