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The Trump administration says more than 4,000 federal employees have received layoff notices and in court filings late Friday.
Government officials said that number is subject to change.
MPR Stephen Fowler has the latest.
About 4,200 people across seven agencies were slated to receive reduction in force notices Friday,
including about 1,500 in the Treasury Department and 1,200 at the Department of Health and Human Services.
Earlier in the day, the White House budget office called the layoffs, quote,
substantial, and President Trump said the cuts would be, quote, a lot.
After earlier cuts to the federal workforce made by the Doge effort and voluntary buyouts,
there are about two million civilian federal employees.
Stephen Fowler in PR News, Atlanta.
President Trump is blaming Democrats for the layoffs amid the ongoing government shutdown,
saying they started this thing.
And he called the job cuts Democrat oriented.
The shutdown is set to extend into at least next week.