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White House Budget Chief Threatens 10,000 Layoffs
Laura Coates Live
Oct 16, 2025

The Office of Management and Budget director warned that layoffs could climb “north of 10,000.” A memo was circulated in September that instructed agencies to prepare for mass layoffs in the event of a shutdown. This as Senator Bernie Sanders and Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez signaled at a CNN town hall that an end to the shutdown is far, far away.