Democratic lawmakers Claim White House Rejecting Government Closure Discussions as Chief Executive Echoes Threat of Job Cuts
A top White House official has suggested that extensive terminations of federal staff could commence if the president determines that talks to conclude the government shutdown are "completely going nowhere|making no progress|stalled completely}."
Kevin Hassett informed CNN that he still perceived a possibility that Democratic lawmakers would concede, but noted that Trump was "getting ready to act|take action|intervene" if necessary.
Frozen Discussions
No substantial evidence of talks have surfaced between congressional leaders since the president met with them last week. The closure commenced on the first of October, after Senate Democratic senators voted against a temporary appropriations proposal that would maintain public offices open through to November 21st.
"Democrats have refused to negotiate with us," Democratic Senate leader Chuck Schumer told CBS, claiming the deadlock could be ended only by additional talks between the president and the key congressional leaders.
Partisan Accusations
The Republican House speaker claimed Democratic lawmakers of being "unserious" in talks to end the federal government stoppage, while the Democratic representative blamed GOP lawmakers of driving the closure.
Other Developments
- American military apparently struck another vessel illegally smuggling drugs off the coast of Venezuela
- California's governor announced that he is filing suit against Donald Trump over the sending of 300 military reserve personnel to the neighboring state
- Kristi Noem described Chicago "battlefield" after government officers fired upon a female individual
- Negotiators have landed in the Egyptian capital before talks scheduled to center on the release of captives held by the Palestinian group in the Palestinian territory
Current Governmental Updates
- Out-of-power Democrats have embraced the uncertain politics of a government shutdown as their boldest effort yet to rein in a chief executive whom many citizens and legal experts now view as a threat to the nation's political system
- Trump is escalating his attacks on billionaire philanthropist George Soros little more than a year before the midterm elections for Congress, in what's been described as a "frightening message to other donors"
- The administration is targeting one hundred million acres of timberland across the United States for logging
