Trump Threatens Mass Firings of Federal Workers If There’s a Government Shutdown

The largest federal workers union on Thursday denounced the White House’s threat of mass firings in the event of a government shutdown next week as “political games” and an attempt to distract from a simple fact: The Republican Party needs Democrats to vote for its funding bill, so it must agree to reverse massive healthcare cuts in order to get Democratic support. The Office of Management…

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