The White House said Wednesday it will likely lay off at least 10,000 federal workers during the US government shutdown as Republican President Donald Trump steps up pressure on Democrats.

The shutdown has ground into its third week, with Congress deadlocked in a clash over spending and Trump following through on his threats to take a hatchet to the workforce in response.

“I think we’ll probably end up being north of 10,000,” White House Office of Management and Budget chief Russ Vought said in an interview with the Charlie Kirk show when asked how many layoffs there would be.

“We want to be very aggressive where we can be in shuttering the bureaucracy.”

Court documents filed by the Department of Justice showed that more than 4,000 employees were fired on Friday, with the US Treasury a

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