WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is making this government shutdown unlike any the country has ever seen, enabling his budget office a rare authority to pick winners and losers — who gets paid or fired — in an unprecedented restructuring across the federal workforce.

President Donald Trump's administration paused billions of dollars in funding for infrastructure projects in another city that rejected him in last year's election, setting off a cascade of criticism.

President Donald Trump announced plans to terminate the $16B Gateway Tunnel Project between New Jersey and New York, sparking backlash.

W hite House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said President Donald Trump "likes to have a little fun" when asked about a video he posted likening Russell Vought to the grim reaper as he continues to threaten mass layoffs in the wake of the government shutdown.

The administration continues to target federal money for blue cities and states amid the government shutdown. Meanwhile, red Florida gets millions.

President Donald Trump said he plans to meet with Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought on Thursday to determine which "Democrat agencies" to cut as the government shutdown enters its second day.

When OMB Director Russell Vought was working on Project 2025 - the blueprint for seizing power in a second Trump presidency - he spoke about how his think tank was building a rationale for invoking The Insurrection Act to deploy the military on American streets.

Among the most high-profile is Trump ally Marjorie Taylor Greene, who has put the blame for the shutdown squarely on Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Majority Leader John Thune. “We control the House, we control the Senate, we have the White House,” she told CNN on Thursday.

Donald Trump's AI video comes after how he had described the ongoing US shutdown as an ‘opportunity’ to ‘clear out dead wood’ and said he would meet the OMB Chief to ‘determine which Democrat Agencies

President Donald Trump’s decision to fire thousands of federal workers this month was meant to pressure Democrats into quickly ending the government shutdown. Instead, it could have the opposite effect.