Democrats State White House Rejecting Government Closure Negotiations as President Echoes Warning of Firings
A high-ranking White House advisor has stated that large-scale layoffs of federal staff could begin if the chief executive decides that talks to resolve the federal closure are "totally going nowhere|making no progress|stalled completely}."
Kevin Hassett informed CNN that he still observed a opportunity that Democrats would back down, but mentioned that the president was "preparing to act|take action|intervene" if necessary.
Frozen Negotiations
Not any concrete signs of talks have emerged between congressional leaders since Trump sat down with them last week. The closure commenced on 1 October, after Senate Democrats rejected a interim funding bill that would maintain federal agencies functioning through to November 21st.
"They've chosen not to talk with us," Senate Democratic leader the Senate minority leader stated to CBS, saying the impasse could be ended only by more negotiations between the president and the principal legislative officials.
Partisan Allegations
The GOP House speaker claimed Democrats of being "not serious" in talks to resolve the national shutdown, while the Democratic representative blamed GOP lawmakers of instigating the shutdown.
Additional Events
- US forces reportedly attacked another ship illegally smuggling narcotics off the coast of the South American nation
- The governor of California announced that he is taking legal action against the president over the assignment of three hundred California national guard members to Oregon
- The homeland security secretary called the Illinois city "battlefield" after federal agents shot a woman
- Diplomats have reached in Cairo before discussions anticipated to concentrate on the release of captives held by Hamas in Gaza
Current Political Developments
- Out-of-power Democrats have embraced the risky approach of a government shutdown as their strongest attempt yet to restrain a president whom many citizens and academics now perceive as a danger to American democratic institutions
- The president is intensifying his criticism on billionaire philanthropist George Soros little more than a year before the congressional elections for the legislative branch, in what's been called a "intimidating signal to other contributors"
- Government officials is aiming at 100 million acres of woodland across the nation for timber harvesting
