The administration of United States President Donald Trump has announced that it started laying off federal employees as the government shutdown grinds on, despite questions about Trump’s legal authority to do so.

In a terse statement on Friday, US Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought said that the government was moving forward with “reduction-in-force” plans or RIFs to slash the workforce .

“RIFs have begun,” Vought wrote in a social media post.

Citing anonymous sources in the administration, the news outlet Politico reported that the agencies affected include the departments of the Interior, Homeland Security, Treasury, Environmental Protection Agency, Commerce, Education, Energy, Health and Human Services (HHS), and Housing and Urban Development (HUD).

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