The US government shutdown is continuing as politicians fail to agree on a bill funding services. Photo: AP PHOTO

The Trump administration will start mass layoffs of federal workers if US President Donald Trump decides negotiations with congressional Democrats to end a partial government shutdown are "absolutely going nowhere," a senior White House official says.

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As the shutdown entered its fifth day, White House National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett told CNN's State of the Union program he still saw a chance that Democrats would back down, averting a costly shutdown and

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