Live updates: OMB directs mass firings in case of shutdown; Trump to meet with Turkish leader

President Trump added a consequence to the increasingly likely government shutdown next week, as the White House budget office directed federal agencies to plan for mass layoffs, rather than traditional workforce furloughs, if Democrats don't agree to a short-term stopgap funding measure. A memo from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) reviewed by The...

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