Administration moves to lay off thousands more mid-shutdown
OMB directed agencies to lay off about 4,200 federal employees during the government shutdown.
What happened
OMB directed agencies to lay off about 4,200 federal employees during the government shutdown.
Why it matters
Career officials are one of the few internal checks on an unlawful or purely political order. Removing them makes refusal less likely the next time. It is tracked here under “Fire the federal workforce en masse”; the classification describes the documented institutional risk, not a claim about motive.