This One Question Exposes Who’s Really to Blame for the Schumer Shutdown

<![CDATA[The Trump administration finally unleashed one of its most aggressive maneuvers in the hopes of forcing Democrats to stop filibustering the continuing resolution that would fund the federal government and end the Schumer Shutdown: mass federal layoffs—officially called “reductions in force” (RIFs). After weeks of warning, the hammer has fallen. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Russ Vought announced bluntly on Friday: “The RIFs have begun.”]]>