Trump administration fires at least 4.1K federal workers in shutdown layoffs

The Trump administration laid off more than 4,100 employees Friday amid the ongoing government shutdown, according to a new court filing from the Justice Department.

U.S. District Judge Susan Illston had ordered the administration to hand over the information in a lawsuit government unions filed just before the shutdown began.

Hours ahead of the judge’s deadline, the White House budget office announced reductions in force........

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