Amid the ongoing tug-of-war between the Republicans and Democrats, resulting in a partial government shutdown for the past 10 days, the Trump administration has axed as many as or more than 4,200 federal workers, it said in a court filing. According to reports, the mass layoffs in the US federal government affected seven agencies, including the Treasury Department, the Department of Health and Human Services, and Department of Education, and the Justice Department, the court filing said.

Amid the mass layoffs, which have affected several families, federal employee labour unions in the Northern District of California are suing the Trump administration. However, the federal administration said in a court filing that the unions' request should be refused as they do not possess the legal righ

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