Trump administration blames Democrats for funding stalemate triggering federal layoffs, as National Economic Council director Kevin Hassett warns of permanent RIFs.

House Democrats had attempted to force through a bill on paying the troops after Republicans called the effort politically motivated.

President Trump on Friday followed through on his long-standing threat to layoff federal workers during the government shutdown.

As Republicans try to pin blame for shutdown damage on Democrats, they are hailing a federal bureaucracy they normally bash as wasteful and overreaching.

House Speaker Mike Johnson accuses Democrats of playing politics with Americans' lives during the ongoing government shutdown in "Fox & Friends" interview on Friday.

“No economist would come out and say that this is a good deal for the city or for the county. It's the economics just don't work out. It's not a public benefit,” he told TPR.

While this may be a good time to take advantage of the public’s attention, it’s also a time when teachers increasingly fear repercussions for offending students.

Fewer say they frequently get news about science and technology (32%), business and finance (32%), sports (27%) and entertainment (19%).

SNAP recipients should receive their benefits in October. The White House also pledged to keep WIC operational using tariff revenues.

Federal workers may not be entitled to back pay after the government shutdown ends, the Trump administration’s budget office wrote in a new draft memo obtained by The Washington Post, ratcheting up tensions in Washington over the week-long closure of dozens of federal agencies.