Democratic leaders aren't caving to the White House's hardball tactics over the government shutdown. Photo: AP PHOTO

The US government shutdown has entered its sixth day, with President Donald Trump's Republicans and congressional Democrats still at an impasse and the White House threatening to ramp up pressure by ordering mass lay-offs of federal workers.

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The Republican-led Senate on Monday was slated to vote again on duelling measures to fund federal agencies, including a Republican stopgap bill approved by the House of Representatives that would fund operations through November 2

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