The Trump Administration on Friday began another round of layoffs targeting federal workers, pressing forward with President Donald Trump’s vow to pare back the federal workforce as the government shutdown entered its tenth day.

“The RIFs have begun,” Russell Vought, the White House budget director, wrote in a post on X, referring to reduction-in-force notices that are sent to federal employees about pending layoffs. An Office of Management and Budget (OMB) official confirmed to TIME that layoff notices were being sent out and described the cuts as “substantial,” though no figures or details about which agencies were affected were provided.

OMB’s decision marks a dramatic escalation in the standoff between Trump and Democrats over a shutdown that began on Oct. 1 with no clear path to

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