Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reportedly fired from job Dozens of workers have died after the White House directed federal agencies to furlough employees amid the government shutdown.
new York Times And politico It was reported that top CDC scientists, the entire Washington, DC, office, staff at a health magazine, as well as 70 Epidemic Intelligence Service officials were let go. It is unclear how many CDC employees were fired in total.
It’s not just CDC officials who were laid off before the weekend. At least 4,100 federal employees who were furloughed on Friday were laid off Multiple departments and agencies,
The government will remain shut down until at least Tuesday after the Senate goes home for the long weekend following another set of failed votes on stopgap funding, putting the lights back on until at least Nov. 21.
At home and on Capitol Hill, Republicans are playing defense Because Democrats have successfully argued over funding for health care.
President Trump has no public events scheduled for Saturday but is hope to travel in the Middle East on Sunday to mark the implementation of peace agreement Between Israel and Hamas.
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