Why some federal workers aren't scared by the threat of shutdown layoffs

Some federal workers support the government shutdown, even as President Trump threatens to use this moment to lay off employees and cut funding to programs.

White House says no shutdown-related layoffs yet, but warns they could come

The White House on Monday backed off President Donald Trump's assertion that government employees were already being laid off due to the shutdown, but warned job losses could result as the standoff ...

White House: Mass layoffs will start if shutdown talks 'going nowhere'

As the shutdown entered its fifth day, White House National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett told CNN's "State of the Union" program he still saw a chance that Democrats would back down, ...

US federal shutdown enters sixth day as threat of layoffs looms

The U.S. government shutdown entered its sixth day on Monday, with President Donald Trump's Republicans and congressional Democrats still at an impasse and the White House threatening to ramp up ...

Major pharmaceutical company announces new round of Greater Boston layoffs

The notice says the company will provide affected employees with severance packages, and each employee will get a 60-day notice.  A Takeda spokesperson says some employees who received notice last ...

Hassett says layoffs will come if Trump thinks shutdown negotiations 'are going nowhere'

As the White House threatens mass layoffs of federal workers during the five-day-old government shutdown, White House economic adviser Kevin Hassett said Sunday that threat will materialize if ...

Layoffs will start if shutdown talks 'going nowhere', says White House

The Trump administration will start mass layoffs of federal workers if President Donald Trump decides negotiations with congressional Democrats to end a partial government shutdown are "absolutely ...

Johnson calls potential layoffs ‘a regrettable situation that the president does not want’

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said the Trump administration’s plan to lay off thousands of federal workers is “regrettable,” but the fault is with Democrats who won’t agree to the Republicans’ proposal ...

Speaker Johnson says mass layoffs ‘regrettable’ but WH ‘required to do it by Chuck Schumer’

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-La.) joins Meet the Press as the White House threatens mass layoffs of federal workers amid the government shutdown.

Takeda, largest biopharma employer in Mass., plans more layoffs

Takeda Pharmaceutical, the largest biopharma employer in Massachusetts by headcount, plans to lay off as many as 137 employees in Cambridge because it is shelving its efforts to develop cell therapies ...

Layoffs across the U.S. this year are at their highest level since 2020, new data shows

Employers have announced nearly 950,000 job cuts through September, the great number of layoffs through September since 2020, an analysis finds.

Layoffs coming to Pasadena’s JPL: Here’s what we know

Another round of layoffs are expected to hit JPL, the Pasadena/La Canada Flintridge Institution known for sending probes to Mars and Saturn’s moons.