Democrats Claim White House Declining Shutdown Talks as Chief Executive Repeats Warning of Job Cuts
A top administration official has indicated that mass terminations of federal staff could begin if the chief executive decides that discussions to end the administration stoppage are "absolutely going nowhere|making no progress|stalled completely}."
Kevin Hassett informed the news network that he still saw a opportunity that Democrats would concede, but added that the president was "gearing up to act|take action|intervene" if needed.
Deadlocked Negotiations
No concrete evidence of talks have emerged between congressional representatives since Trump convened with them last week. The closure started on the first of October, after upper chamber Democrats rejected a temporary funding bill that would keep federal agencies open through to 21 November.
"Democrats have refused to speak with us," Senate Democratic leader the Senate minority leader told the television network, saying the impasse could be solved only by additional negotiations between the president and the principal legislative leaders.
Partisan Claims
The GOP House speaker claimed Democrats of being "lacking seriousness" in talks to resolve the national shutdown, while the Democratic leader faulted Republicans of instigating the closure.
Additional Developments
- United States personnel apparently targeted another ship unlawfully transporting drugs off the coast of the South American nation
- California's governor declared that he is suing the president over the assignment of 300 state guard members to Oregon
- The homeland security secretary called Chicago "battlefield" after government officers fired upon a female individual
- Diplomats have landed in the Egyptian capital before negotiations scheduled to concentrate on the liberation of prisoners held by the Palestinian group in the Palestinian territory
Recent Governmental Developments
- Out-of-power Democratic lawmakers have taken on the risky approach of a federal closure as their boldest attempt yet to curb a president whom many voters and legal experts now perceive as a risk to American democratic institutions
- Trump is escalating his criticism on billionaire philanthropist George Soros approximately a twelve months before the legislative races for the legislative branch, in what's been described as a "frightening signal to other donors"
- The administration is targeting 100 million acres of timberland across the country for logging
