The White House is preparing to lay off a large number of federal workers as the Trump administration pressures Democrats to vote for a stopgap funding resolution that would reopen the government.

Vice President JD Vance joined White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt at Wednesday’s press briefing, during which the pair suggested layoffs and reduction in force would be “imminent.”

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“There are unfortunate consequences to a government shutdown, and the federal government is not receiving any cash at the moment, and so the Office of Management

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