President Donald Trump has threatened Democrats with program cuts if government funding lapses. Photo: AP PHOTO

US President Donald Trump warns congressional Democrats his administration would take "irreversible" actions if they allow government funding to expire at midnight, including mass firings of federal workers.

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"We can do things during the shutdown that are irreversible, that are bad for them and irreversible by them, like cutting vast numbers of people out, cutting things that they like, cutting programs that they like," Trump told reporters from the Oval Office.

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