Chuck Schumer says administration has ‘refused to talk with us’. Key US politics stories from 5 October at a glanceThe Trump administration will start mass layoffs of federal workers if the president decides negotiations to end the government shutdown are “absolutely going nowhere,” a senior White House official has said.Kevin Hassett told CNN he still saw a chance that Democrats would back down, but added that Trump was “getting ready to act” if he has to. Continue reading…
Chuck Schumer says administration has ‘refused to talk with us’. Key US politics stories from 5 October at a glance
The Trump administration will start mass layoffs of federal workers if the president decides negotiations to end the government shutdown are “absolutely going nowhere,” a senior White House official has said.
Kevin Hassett told CNN he still saw a chance that Democrats would back down, but added that Trump was “getting ready to act” if he has to.
