Russ Vought Announces Firings of Federal Workers: ‘The RIFs Have Begun’

Kathryn Wilkens Oct 10th, 2025, 1:33 pm

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Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought announced on Friday that his office has started firing federal workers, writing on X that “the RIFs [reduction-in-force] have begun.”

A spokesperson for the budget office told that the layoffs are “substantial,” without providing further details. Ahead of the Oct. 1 government shutdown , President Donald Trump’s administration instructed federal agencies to submit plans for workforce reductions in programs whose funding had expired, lacked alternate financial support, or conflicted with the president’s policy priorities.

During a Cabinet meeting on Thursday, Trump clarified that he’

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