{"id":2499381,"date":"2025-10-15T18:21:56","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T22:21:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vought-says-10000-layoffs-expected-in-shutdown-what-to-know\/"},"modified":"2025-10-15T18:24:21","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T22:24:21","slug":"vought-says-10000-layoffs-expected-in-shutdown-what-to-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vought-says-10000-layoffs-expected-in-shutdown-what-to-know\/","title":{"rendered":"Vought says 10,000 layoffs expected in shutdown \u2014 what to know"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fvought-says-10000-layoffs-expected-in-shutdown-what-to-know%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2499381&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Russell Vought, Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), announced that about 10,000 federal workers are expected to be laid off during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/congress-members-wont-take-pay-during-government-shutdown\/\" title=\"Congress members won&#039;t take pay during ...\">ongoing government shutdown<\/a>, wiht around 4,000 reduction-in-force (RIF) notices already issued since October 1. The layoffs affect various departments, including Commerce, Education, Energy, EPA, Health and human Services (HHS), Housing and Urban Progress, homeland Security, and Treasury. Vought emphasized the administration&#8217;s intent to <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >continue aggressive workforce reductions<\/a> to reduce bureaucracy and protect taxpayers. However, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sidney-powell-is-an-american-legal-giant\/\" title=\"Sidney Powell Is an American Legal Giant\">federal judge<\/a> has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/calif-officials-say-10-of-states-unemployment-payments-linked-to-fraud\/\" title=\"Calif. officials say 10% of state\u2019s unemployment payments linked to fraud\">temporarily halted<\/a> these layoffs following a lawsuit by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/government-unions-have-been-stealing-money-for-years-now-scotus-has-the-chance-to-intervene\/\" title=\"... Unions Have Been Stealing Money For Years \u2014 Now, SCOTUS Has The Chance To Intervene\">government employee unions<\/a>, citing the human cost of such actions. Additionally, HHS admitted to mistakenly sending RIF notices to 778 employees who are not included in the current layoff count. The situation remains fluid as legal challenges proceed amidst the funding lapse caused by the shutdown.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Vought says 10,000 layoffs expected during government shutdown &mdash; what to know<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2373935\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Office of Management and Budget Director <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/russell-vought\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Russell Vought<\/a> said he expects 10,000 federal workers to be laid off during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/government-shutdown\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">government shutdown<\/a>, noting 4,000 have already been sent reduction-in-force notices since Oct. 1.<\/p>\n<p>Vought said much of the reporting on the layoffs so far has been conducted based on &ldquo;court snapshots&rdquo; that have indicated numbers in the 4,000s. He said the number of RIFs will &ldquo;probably end up being more than 10,000.&rdquo; Vought reported the RIF numbers in his first interview since the shutdown began on the <em><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/i\/broadcasts\/1rmxPvpzpQMGN\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Charlie Kirk Show<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/3852061\/watch-live-trump-patel-press-conference-crime-crackdown\/\">WATCH LIVE: Trump and Patel hold press conference on crime crackdown<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3851915\/karoline-leavitt-charlie-kirk-show-trump-medal-ceremony\/\">Trump considered Kirk Freedom ceremony &#8216;non-negotiable&#8217; despite Middle East trip: Leavitt<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3851686\/bessent-trump-looks-to-double-bailout-package-for-argentina-with-private-sector-help\/\">Bessent: Trump looks to double bailout package for Argentina with private sector help<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>There have been approximately 4,128 federal employees sent reduction-in-force notices so far during the shutdown, <a href=\"https:\/\/storage.courtlistener.com\/recap\/gov.uscourts.cand.457131\/gov.uscourts.cand.457131.49.2.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">court documents<\/a> show. RIF notices have been sent to approximately 600 Department of Commerce employees, 466 Education Department employees, 179 Energy Department employees, 28 Environmental Protection Agency employees, 982 Department of Health and Human Services employees, 442 Department of Housing and Urban Development employees, 54 Department of Homeland Security employees, and 1,377 Treasury Department employees, according to OMB senior adviser <a href=\"https:\/\/storage.courtlistener.com\/recap\/gov.uscourts.cand.457131\/gov.uscourts.cand.457131.49.2.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Stephen Billy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Russell Vought, Office of Management and Budget director, listens as he addresses members of the media outside the West Wing at the White House in Washington, Monday, Sept. 29, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo\/Evan Vucci)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;re going to keep those RIFs rolling throughout the shutdown because we think it&rsquo;s important to stay on offense for the American taxpayer,&rdquo; Vought said. &ldquo;We want to be very aggressive where we can be in shuttering the bureaucracy, not just the funding, but the bureaucracy, that we now have an opportunity to do that.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>However, Vought made these comments just before U.S. District Judge Susan Yvonne Illston temporarily <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3852006\/judge-halts-trump-federal-worker-layoffs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ordered a halt<\/a> to federal workforce RIFs during the shutdown. The order in the U.S. District Court of the Northern District of California came in a court case filed by several unions against the Trump administration over the RIF measures.<\/p>\n<p>The American Federation of Government Employees and the AFL-CIO are lead plaintiffs in the shutdown RIFs case. Yesterday evening, HHS admitted as part of the court case that it had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/healthcare\/3851098\/hhs-rif-accidental-layoffs-government-shutdown\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">wrongfully sent RIF notices<\/a> to 778 additional HHS employees. Those 778 employees are not counted as part of the 4,128 total figure. Several Centers for Disease Control and Prevention officials and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/10\/11\/us\/politics\/trump-administration-cdc-layoffs.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">scientists<\/a> were sent RIF notifications as part of the HHS layoffs.<\/p>\n<p>Vought said Wednesday that during the shutdown, OMB employees have had the time to &ldquo;prioritize the RIFs&rdquo; as opposed to other daily tasks of the office that occur while the government is fully funded. He also spoke to the indications of the lapse in funding of federal agencies caused by the shutdown.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;So if there&rsquo;s no funding for these programs, then what would you have us do? Is it not to make an assumption that you don&rsquo;t intend to fund these in the future?&rdquo; Vought said. <\/p>\n<p>In her order on Wednesday, Illston, a Clinton appointee, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3852006\/judge-halts-trump-federal-worker-layoffs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a> the Trump administration had &ldquo;taken advantage of the lapse in government spending.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3852006\/judge-halts-trump-federal-worker-layoffs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">JUDGE HALTS TRUMP&rsquo;S FEDERAL WORKER LAYOFFS DURING GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s very much ready, fire, aim on most of these programs, and it has a human cost,&rdquo; she said. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s a human cost that cannot be tolerated.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>OMB did not respond to the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>&lsquo;s requests for comment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vought: 10,000 federal layoffs expected amid shutdown<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3976,"featured_media":2499384,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/AP25272777041233.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651,538],"tags":[41180,37421,7970,5123,51073],"class_list":["post-2499381","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","category-washington-examiner","tag-company-news","tag-job-cuts","tag-layoffs","tag-shutdown","tag-vought-2"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/AP25272777041233.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2499381","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3976"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2499381"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2499381\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2499386,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2499381\/revisions\/2499386"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2499384"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2499381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2499381"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2499381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}