Government shutdown replay; Sen. Jeff Merkley sets state record with marathon speech

Democrats continue to insist on greater health care spending as a condition to reopen the government. But Republicans ...
Sierra Sun Times

Oregon U.S. Senators Merkley and Wyden Join Democrat Colleagues Calling out Trump Administration’s Dismantling of Education Offices Responsible for Supportin…

Last week, U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley (both D-OR) called out the Trump administration’s efforts to dismantle ...
USA Today

Trump's firings during shutdown expected to top 10,000 federal workers, Vought says

WASHINGTON ‒ The Trump administration expects to lay off more than 10,000 federal workers during the government shutdown, a top White House official said Oct. 15, as a federal judge delivered an ...
Fox News

Russ Vought expects number of federal firings to get 'much higher' as shutdown continues

White House budget chief Russell Vought said Wednesday that he expects the number of federal employees laid off to get "much higher" in the coming days. Vought, who is the director of the Office of ...
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Shutdown Firings Paused by Judge as Vought Vows More to Come

(Bloomberg) -- A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to pause plans to fire thousands of federal workers during the government shutdown, just moments after White House Budget Director ...
ProPublica

Who Is Russell Vought? How a Little-Known D.C. Insider Became Trump’s Dismantler-in-Chief

ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. Days into the 2025 shutdown that brought the federal ...