The White House warns thousands of federal employees could face layoffs

The federal government may have to dismiss “thousands” of employees if the government closed, warned the press secretary of the White House, Karoline Leavitt, warned Thursday.

Leavitt made the comments during a group with journalists outside the White House, saying that administration officials are already playing layoffs.

“Listen, it’s going to be in thousands of people. This is a very good question. And it is something on which the management and budget office and the whole White House team here, once again, should unfortunately work today,” said Leavitt.

“These discussions and conversations, these meetings would not occur if the Democrats had voted to keep the government open,” she added.

Democrats to a great drawback of closure while Trump begins to reduce their programs

The White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt discusses the government’s closure on the lawn of the White House on Thursday October 2, 2025. (AP photo / Evan VUCCI)

Leavitt continued to accuse the Democrats to do politics with the closure, arguing that there is “no good reason” for the Democrats to enable the process.

“They do it for political reasons. They do it because they want to offer health benefits funded by taxpayers to illegal foreigners, which the American people rejected in a rejected election last year,” she said.

Vance brings receipts to target the DEM on health services for illegal foreigners

President Donald Trump Announced Thursday that he should meet the director of the Management and Budget Office (OMB), Russell Vought, later Thursday, to discuss agencies “is a political scam”.

President Donald Trump puts blame on the “radical on the left” democrats for the partial closure of the government. (AP photo / Alex Brandon)

Vought is responsible for recommending which agencies should face cuts and if these cuts should be temporary or permanent.

“I cannot believe that the radical left democrats have given me this unprecedented opportunity,” wrote Trump on social networks. “They are not stupid people, so maybe it’s their way of wanting, quietly and quickly, making America again great!”

The federal government entered a partial stop Wednesday after the midnight financing date, Democrats and the Republicans did not satisfy themselves with a financing bill.

The director of the Management and Budget Office (OMB), Russell Vought, speaks alongside the president of the Mike Johnson Chamber and the Vice-President JD Vance concerning the closure of the government. (AP photo / Evan VUCCI)

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Vice-president JD Vance accused Democrats on Wednesday of forcing closure to provide illegal immigrants for emergency health care funded by taxpayers and the head of the Senate minority Chuck Schumer, Dn.y., fearing A main challenge of the progressive representative of “Squad” Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, DN.Y.

Stephen Sorace of Fox News contributed to this report