Appeals court keeps block on National Guard deployment in Illinois, OKs mobilization

Nicholas Kerr, ABC News

A federal appeals court is maintaining a block on the Trump administration from deploying federalized National Guard troops anywhere within the state of Illinois.

Trump directs Pentagon to use 'available funds' to pay military during shutdown

Deepa Shivaram, NPR

President Trump's announcement comes days before active duty members would have missed their first full paycheck as the shutdown of the federal government continues.

Military Will Receive Paychecks Despite Shutdown, Trump Says

Sara Dorn, Forbes Staff, Sara Dorn, Forbes Staff https://www.forbes.com/sites/saradorn/, Forbes

Trump said Saturday the White House has “identified the funds” to ensure troops receive their paychecks on Oct. 15.

How Last Year’s Spending Uncertainty Complicates Government Reopening

Doug Criscitello, Contributor, Doug Criscitello, Contributor https://www.forbes.com/sites/dougcriscitello/, Forbes

Uncertainty about the extent to which funds from last year went unspent due to executive actions is complicating efforts to reach a deal to end the government shutdown.

Trump Fires Thousands In Shutdown Layoffs—Hitting Treasury And Health Departments Hardest: Here’s What To Know

Sara Dorn, Forbes Staff, Sara Dorn, Forbes Staff https://www.forbes.com/sites/saradorn/, Forbes

The federal government began sending layoff notices Friday to about 4,200 employees across multiple agencies.

White House Lays Off Thousands of Workers Amid Shutdown

today.com, Biztoc.com

As the government shutdown continues, the White House has begun firing more than 4,000 federal workers from a variety of agencies that President Donald Trump has referred to as “Democrat-oriented.” Budget director Russ Vought is also making permanent cuts to …

NPR CEO on Public Media in the Age of Trump

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NPR CEO Katherine Maher discusses the struggle to fund nealy 250 member stations, who received as much as 70% of their funding from the federal government before it was cut. ---------- Like this video? Subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@Bloomberg-News Bloombe…

New report examines fossil fuel ties of dozens of Trump administration hires

Aidan Hughes, Martha Pskowski, Inside Climate News, InsideClimate News

Public Citizen and the Revolving Door Project found 43 fossil-fuel industry insiders among nominees and appointees to agencies charged with enforcing energy and environmental policy.

Trump administration lays off dozens of CDC officials, NYT reports

reuters.com, Biztoc.com

White House says substantial US government job cuts have begun due to shutdown

By Ahmed Aboulenein, Andy Sullivan, Nathan Layne and Courtney Rozen, Yahoo Entertainment

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The White House said on Friday that it had begun substantial layoffs across the U.S. government, as President Donald Trump followed...

Trump announces layoffs amid government shutdown, despite legal questions

Al Jazeera, Al Jazeera English

Reduction-in-force notifications have gone out to employees in departments including the Treasury and Homeland Security.

The White House says it's started laying off federal workers as the shutdown drags on

Allie Kelly, Business Insider

The federal government has begun to fire employees. Thousands remain furloughed or are working without pay.

Firings of federal workers begin as White House seeks to pressure Democrats in government shutdown

SEUNG MIN KIM and STEPHEN GROVES, Yahoo Entertainment

The White House budget office said Friday that mass firings of federal workers have started in an attempt to exert more pressure on Democratic lawmakers as...

DHS Sends A Journalist Back To His Home Country To Be Tortured Because ‘Live Streaming’ ICE Activities Is ‘Threatening’

Tim Cushing, Techdirt

America isn’t the land of the free. We abandoned that title when we returned Donald Trump to office — the same person who refused to engage in the peaceful transfer of power in 2020 and, immediately upon his return to power, pardoned almost everyone who engag…

Sean Duffy Threatens to Fire Air Traffic Controllers as 10% Call Out Sick During Shutdown

Matt Novak, Gizmodo.com

"When you come to work, you get paid. If you don't come to work, you don't get paid."

Trump FCC Is Making It Easier For Your Broadband ISP To Rip You Off With Bogus Fees

Karl Bode, Techdirt

When FCC boss Brendan Carr isn’t failing embarrassingly to censor comedians who make the President sad, he’s taking a hatchet to corporate oversight and consumer protection. From weakening robocall enforcement to killing net neutrality, it’s part of Carr’s “D…

Where has Trump suggested sending troops? In cities run by Democratic mayors

Juliana Kim, NPR

In just four months, Trump has suggested or ordered sending federal intervention to nearly a dozen cities.

Social Security workers say the shutdown has them unable to help with benefit letters

Ashley Lopez, NPR

Employees at Social Security field offices say the government shutdown has left them unable to carry out an important service: help recipients with benefit verification letters.

It's a bittersweet payday for federal workers: 'A lot of us are living paycheck to paycheck'

Juliana Kaplan,Allie Kelly,Alice Tecotzky,Ana Altchek,Kelsey Baker, Business Insider

Friday's paycheck marks the financial impact of the shutdown on workers.

White House claims "more than 1,000%" rise in assaults on ICE agents, data says otherwise

Allison Sherry, NPR

Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers claim assaults on their officers are up sharply since June. There's no public evidence that number is true.

Tennessee National Guard to mobilize in Memphis for anti-crime deployment

Chris Boccia, Armando Garcia, ABC News

Tennessee National Guard units will mobilize in Memphis on Friday as the Trump admin turns to states' citizen-soldiers as an anti-crime measure across the U.S.

WATCH: Speaker Johnson has emotional exchange with a military mom about shutdown

ABC News

A military mom confronted House Speaker Johnson on C-SPAN over the lack of a standalone bill to pay troops if the government shutdown extends beyond Oct. 15.

WATCH: President Trump signs proclamation protecting Columbus Day name

ABC News

President Trump signed a proclamation protecting the name Columbus Day before hosting a Cabinet meeting on Thursday.

Trump makes explosive threat against Democrats: ‘I hate to tell you’

Rachel Cohen, nj.com

The president signaled at capitalizing on previous freezes from one of his directors.