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Here’s what Trump wants to do to reshape the federal government during the shutdown
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The federal government partially shut down early Wednesday after Democrats and Republicans failed to reach an agreement on a funding package.
In the lead-up to the midnight deadline to pass a budget package, President Donald Trump warned the administration could make «irreversible» changes to the federal workforce, most notably through a new wave of fresh layoffs. The president has underscored that he and his allies did not want the government to shut down, but that it opened the door for some «good» that could come from it.
Senate lawmakers failed to reach a spending agreement in time for the end of fiscal year 2025 Tuesday, after a short-term extension of fiscal year 2025 funding, aimed at keeping the government open through Nov. 21, passed the House mainly along party lines earlier in September.
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The federal government partially shut down Oct. 1, 2025, after Democrats and Republicans failed to reach an agreement on a funding package. (@realDonaldTrump via Truth Social)
Democrats expressed frustration at being shut out of spending negotiations and over the GOP bill’s exclusion of enhanced Obamacare subsidies that were first enacted in 2021 under President Joe Biden. Those subsidies, a COVID-19-era measure, are set to lapse at the end of 2025 unless Congress takes action, Fox News Digital has reported.
Republicans have since pinned the shutdown blame on Democrats, arguing they refused to fund the budget as an attempt to reinstate taxpayer-funded medical benefits for illegal immigrants through Democrat lawmakers’ continuing resolution, which would include extending the expiring Obamacare tax credits.
Democrat leadership have balked at the claims, throwing their own jabs at Trump and Republican lawmakers as the culprits behind the shutdown and squashing claims they want to provide healthcare to illegal immigrants.
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«They say that undocumented people are going to get these credits,» Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said Tuesday. «That is absolutely false. That is one of the big lies that they tell.»
President Donald Trump said the government shutdown that took effect Oct. 1, 2025, will likely include mass layoffs and program cuts. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)
Trump warns layoffs on the horizon
Trump said during various public remarks Tuesday, as the countdown to the midnight deadline dwindled, that though he did not want a shutdown, it presents him with the opportunity for the administration to carry out layoffs as part of a continued mission to slim down the federal government and snuff out overspending and fraud.
«We don’t want it to shut down because we have the greatest period of time ever,» Trump said from the Oval Office Tuesday. «I tell you, we have $17 trillion being invested. So the last person that wants it shut down is us.»
«Now, with that being said, we can do things during the shutdown that are irreversible, that are bad for them and irreversible by them, like cutting vast numbers of people out, cutting things that they like, cutting programs that they like,» he continued.
A shutdown does not hand a president new powers, but instead concentrates discretion to the White House and Office of Management and Budget over what the executive branch continues operating or ending.
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Under the Antideficiency Act, a federal law that guides the government through shutdowns, federal agencies are not permitted to spend funds, the Government Accountability Office outlines, except for a limited set of missions, such as performing constitutional duties. The executive branch is charged with interpreting those exceptions.
Office of Management and Budget Director «Russell Vought become very popular recently because he can trim the budget to a level that you couldn’t do any other way,» Trump continued Tuesday. «So they’re taking a risk by having a shutdown because, because of the shutdown, we can do things medically and other ways, including benefits. We can cut large numbers of people.»
Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., speaks alongside Russell Vought, Office of Management and Budget director, from left, House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., and Vice President JD Vance, as they address members of the media in Washington, Sept. 29, 2025. (Evan Vucci/AP Photo )
Later that day, Trump again said that he did not want a shutdown to unfold, but that «a lot of good» could come from it in order to weed out government overspending, noting «we’d be laying off a lot of people that are going to be very affected.»
«A lot of good can come down from shutdowns,» he said. «We can get rid of a lot of things that we didn’t want, and they’d be Democrat things. But they want open borders. They want men playing in women’s sports. They want transgender for everybody. They never stop. They don’t learn. We won an election in a landslide.»
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Vought declared an imminent government shutdown Tuesday evening ahead of the deadline, pinning blame on «Democrats’ insane policy demands, which include $1 trillion in new spending.»
«It is unclear how long Democrats will maintain their untenable posture, making the duration of the shutdown difficult to predict,» he wrote in a memo Tuesday. «Regardless, employees should report to work for their next regularly scheduled tour of duty to undertake orderly shutdown activities.»
President Donald Trump speaks to a gathering of top U.S. military commanders at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia, Sept. 30, 2025. (Evan Vucci/The Associated Press )
Vice President JD Vance joined the White House press briefing Wednesday and predicted that it wasn’t «going to be that long of a shutdown,» but that people will need to be laid off.
«We’re going to have to make things work,» he said. «And that means that we’re going to have to triage some certain things, that means certain people are going to have to get laid off. And we’re going to try to make sure that the American people suffer as little as possible from the shutdown.»
Vance added that the administration was «not targeting federal agencies based on politics» for layoffs.
«We’re in a shutdown, that causes some problems,» he said. «The troops aren’t getting paid. There’s nothing that we can do about that while the government is shut down. But there are essential services that we want to make sure as, as much as possible, they still continue to function. That is the principle that’s driving us forward during the shutdown.»
DOGE and vows to slim government
Anticipated layoffs and program cuts amid the shutdown follow Trump’s ongoing mission to gut the federal government of fraud, corruption and overspending, which first hit the nation’s radar in the early days of the administration when Trump launched the Department of Government Efficiency, as well as previous mass layoffs initiatives.
Back in January, the administration offered federal employees voluntary buyouts to leave their posts before rolling out reduction in force initiatives across various agencies to slim down the government.
«We have hundreds of thousands of federal workers who have not been showing up to work,» Trump said during his joint address to Congress in March. «My administration will reclaim power from this unaccountable bureaucracy, and we will restore true democracy to America again.»
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«And any federal bureaucrat who resists this change will be removed from office immediately, because we are draining the swamp,» he added. «It’s very simple. And the days of rule by unelected bureaucrats are over.»
Simultaneous to reduction in force efforts and buyouts, tech billionaire Elon Musk was charged with leading DOGE as investigators scrutinized federal agencies in an effort to curb government overspending and stamp out fraud. DOGE’s work became a lightning rod for criticism among Democratic lawmakers and government employees, who filed a number of lawsuits attempting to end the investigations and audits.
Trump repeatedly has celebrated DOGE’s work during his first few months in office, including frequently listing off the various «flagrant scams» that the government was funding before DOGE’s investigations.
«Twenty-five million dollars to promote biodiversity conservation and socially responsible behavior in Colombia. This is Colombia, South America, not Columbia University. Of course, that might be worse,» Trump said in February during CPAC, rattling off different examples. «Forty million to improve the social and economic inclusion of sedentary migrants.»
«Forty-two million for social and behavior change in Uganda,» Trump continued. «Ten million for Mozambique medical male circumcisions. Why are we going to Mozambique to do circumcisions?»
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Fox News Digital reached out to the White House Wednesday morning for additional comment on the shutdown and Trump’s plans but did not immediately receive a reply.
Fox News Digital’s Elizabeth Elkind, Alex Miller and Deirdre Heavey contributed to this report.
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EN VIVO: El Ejéricto de Israel llevó a cabo una “oleada de ataques a gran escala” en Teherán
La Casa Blanca anunció que el presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, dará este miércoles a las 21:00 (hora de Washington) una “importante actualización” sobre la guerra en Irán, en un mensaje institucional que se difundirá por los canales oficiales.
Trump declaró el martes desde la Oficina Oval que el retiro de las fuerzas estadounidenses de Irán se concretará “muy pronto, en dos o tres semanas”, en el marco de la ofensiva conjunta con Israel. “Estamos terminando el trabajo”, sostuvo. En paralelo, el primer ministro israelí, Benjamin Netanyahu, aseguró que la operación militar continuará hasta desmantelar la estructura de poder de la república islámica. “La campaña no ha terminado. Seguiremos aplastando al régimen del terror”, afirmó.
Por su parte, el Jefe de Estado iraní, Masud Pezeshkian, señaló que su país tiene la “voluntad” de poner fin a la guerra con Estados Unidos e Israel, aunque exigió garantías para evitar una reanudación del conflicto en caso de un acuerdo de paz. En contraste con esa postura, Teherán lanzó ataques contra el aeropuerto de Kuwait, Arabia Saudita, una embarcación frente a las costas de Qatar, Emiratos Árabes Unidos y Bahréin durante la madrugada.
A continuación, la cobertura minuto a minuto:
Un niño israelí de 11 años resultó herido tras los ataques de Irán a Israel
El servicio de emergencias médicas de Israel reportó que una niña de 11 años se encuentra en estado grave tras un ataque con misiles que el ejército atribuyó a Irán.
Las alertas por misiles se activaron en el centro y norte de Israel luego de que las fuerzas de defensa emitieran advertencias sobre el fuego entrante. Los rescatistas informaron, además, de al menos 12 heridos más como resultado del ataque.
Otras dos personas sufrieron heridas moderadas, entre ellas un niño de 13 años y una mujer de 36, según el servicio de emergencias médicas Magen David Adom.
Un ciudadano bangladeshí muere por metralla de dron en Emiratos Árabes Unidos
Un bangladeshí murió en Emiratos Árabes Unidos tras la caída de metralla resultante de la interceptación de un dron, informó este miércoles la agencia oficial de noticias WAM.
El incidente ocurrió en Fujairah, cerca del estrecho de Ormuz. “La caída de metralla tras la interceptación de un dron… provocó la muerte de una persona de nacionalidad bangladesí”, publicó WAM en X.
Fuerte explosión y humo en los suburbios del sur de Beirut
Israel llevó a cabo una “oleada de ataques a gran escala” en Teherán
“Recientemente, las FDI completaron una extensa serie de ataques contra la infraestructura del régimen terrorista iraní en Teherán; próximamente se darán a conocer más detalles“, informó el Ejército israelí vía X.
Marco Rubio afirmó que Washington “va a tener que reexaminar” su relación con la OTAN una vez concluida la guerra contra Irán
“Cuando necesitamos que nos permitan usar sus bases militares, ¿su respuesta es ‘no’? Entonces, ¿para qué estamos en la OTAN? Hay que plantearse esa pregunta”, afirmó el secretario de Estado estadounidense en una entrevista con Fox News
El secretario de Estado de Estados Unidos, Marco Rubio, afirmó el martes que Washington “va a tener que reexaminar” su relación con la OTAN una vez concluida la guerra contra Irán, en medio de restricciones europeas al uso de bases militares por parte de fuerzas estadounidenses.
Las defensas de Israel respondieron a un misil procedente de Yemen
El Ejército israelí informó que sus defensas aéreas respondieron la madrugada del miércoles al lanzamiento de un misil desde Yemen, donde los hutíes, aliados de Irán, han reivindicado ataques contra Israel en los últimos días.
Un comunicado castrense señaló que las fuerzas israelíes “identificaron el lanzamiento de un misil desde Yemen hacia territorio israelí; los sistemas de defensa aérea están operativos para interceptar la amenaza”.
Posteriormente, el ejército anunció que se “permitía a los residentes abandonar las zonas protegidas en todas las áreas del país”.
Las Fuerzas de Defensa de Israel reportaron más de 10.000 operaciones en Irán
Israel lanzó más de 16.000 municiones en territorio iraní desde el inicio de la guerra, en más de 800 oleadas de ataques, según fuentes militares.
Las Fuerzas de Defensa de Israel (FDI) informaron que se realizaron más de 10.000 ataques distintos contra 4.000 objetivos, entre los que figuran sistemas de defensa aérea, lanzadores de misiles balísticos, centros de producción de armas, instalaciones nucleares, cuarteles generales y comandantes y líderes militares.
Trump afirmó que Estados Unidos dejará de asumir responsabilidades directas sobre la seguridad del estrecho de Ormuz
“Lo que pasa en el estrecho no será asunto nuestro. Francia, China y otras naciones podrán abastecer sus barcos y gestionar por sí mismos su seguridad”, afirmó el mandatario, en referencia a los países que dependen del flujo energético que atraviesa ese paso clave
El presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, anunció el martes que su país dejará de asumir responsabilidades directas sobre la seguridad del estrecho de Ormuz y que avanzará con la retirada de sus fuerzas de Irán en un plazo de dos o tres semanas, al considerar cumplidos sus objetivos en la región.
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Dem gubernatorial candidate racked up eye-popping travel bill as AG on up to 400+ travel days out of state
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FIRST ON FOX: Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford, a Democrat running for governor of Nevada in November, has racked up hundreds of thousands of dollars in travel costs since assuming office, prompting criticism from his political rivals as he pursues re-election in 2026.
State records indicate that Ford spent close to $270,000 on airfare and out-of-state hotel stays since assuming office in 2019. When combined with over $140,000 Ford accepted from group-sponsored travel and lodging, such as the Democratic Attorneys General Association, his total travel amounts to over $410,000 in trips over seven years.
In 2024 alone, Ford spent $60,730 on trips to 16 different cities, including $2,819 on a trip to Secrets Puerto Los Cabos, a luxury resort in Mexico, and another $11,992 at Martha’s Vineyard, a top vacation spot that attracts a wealthy clientele.
While it’s unclear how much of the figure represents in-state travel, the numbers dovetail with reports that Ford spent as much as 137 days away from his state in 2024, a figure confirmed by his office.
SENATE HOPEFUL WITH DEEP DEM TIES HAS PAID FAMILY OVER $350K FROM HIS CAMPAIGN COFFERS
Aaron Ford, left, pictured alongside a dock at Martha’s Vineyard, right. (Rachel Aston/Las Vegas Review-Journal/Tribune News Service via Getty Images; Peter Bischoff/Getty Images)
Additionally, Ford’s record of hotel travel stays since his election indicate he has spent almost 20% of his career as Nevada AG out of the state, based on reporting from The Nevada Independent that found Ford spent at least 420 days out of state during his time in office.
To at least one Republican strategist, the costs and time away exceed what’s likely necessary for the job.
«High-Flying Aaron Ford has treated his position as attorney general like a part-time job, vacationing on the dime of special interests and campaign donors for well over a year of his tenure,» John Burke, spokesman for Better Nevada PAC, said in a comment to Fox News Digital.
Ford is also under investigation by the Nevada Commission on Ethics over whether he solicited improper gifts or used his office to improperly benefit himself, according to documents recovered by local outlets.
John Sadler, a spokesperson for the attorney general’s office, noted that the reported travel falls under campaign events and would not draw from state funding. At the same time, Sadler noted that Ford traveled to perform his role and coordinate with law enforcement offices across the country. Under Nevada state law, candidates are allowed to use campaign funds to conduct official business.
«He attended several meetings for bipartisan groups, such as NAAG and AGA, an organization that Attorney General Ford was voted by his attorneys general colleagues to serve as chair of in 2024,» Sadler said, referring to the National Association of Attorneys General and the Attorney General Alliance, respectively.
«These events allowed AG Ford to discuss critical issues for Nevadans, such as human and sex trafficking, cybercrime and fraud and the opioid crisis,» Sadler added.
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The air traffic control tower at McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas March 19, 2020. (Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
Before becoming attorney general, Ford served in the Nevada State Legislature, leading the chamber as majority leader from 2017-2019. Before that, he served as minority leader from 2015-2016 and as an assistant majority whip from 2013-2014.
Ford’s travel habits didn’t start off expensive. In 2019 and 2020, his travel outside of Nevada totaled less than $15,000 each year but increased significantly soon after. He spent $29,189 outside of Nevada in 2021 and then $52,630 in 2022.
While past attorneys general have also conducted out-of-state travel, Ford stands out when compared to his predecessor, Adam Laxalt, a Republican.
In his last year as AG, Laxalt spent under $5,000 out of state, less than 1% of his total expenses that year.
Ford’s Republican opponent, Gov. Joe Lombardo, reacted to the news via a statement from his campaign.
«Governor Joe Lombardo has delivered real results for Nevada: creating over 40,000 new jobs, driving billions in record economic investment, securing historic funding for education, expanding attainable housing and cutting hundreds of burdensome regulations , all while showing up every day to get the job done,» Halee Dobbins, spokeswoman for the Joe Lombardo Campaign, told Fox News Digital.
«While our state is moving in the right direction, Governor Lombardo is committed to building on this progress and continuing to improve the lives of all Nevadans. Meanwhile, while hardworking Nevada families are struggling, Part-Time Aaron Ford has spent 420 days on special interest-funded travel and collecting a taxpayer-funded salary. Aaron Ford’s record makes clear he’s focused on himself, not the people he was elected to serve.»
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Attorney General Aaron D. Ford (L.E. Baskow/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
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Burke blasted Ford for failing to provide reasons for the travel expenses or contextualize his time away from the office.
«Now, as he faces legal jeopardy from the Nevada Commission on Ethics, he still refuses to be transparent with the people of our state about his outrageous travel spree. Ford has disgraced his office and made a mockery of public service; he has no business leading Nevada,» Burke said.
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Un juez bloqueó los planes de Donald Trump para construir un enorme y lujoso salón de baile en la Casa Blanca
Un juez federal prohibió este martes al presidente Donald Trump avanzar con la construcción del lujoso y controvertido salón de baile con capacidad para unas 600 personas en el Ala Este de la Casa Blanca y dijo que la obra debe contar con la autorización del Congreso.
«El Presidente de los Estados Unidos es el administrador de la Casa Blanca para las futuras generaciones de Primeras Familias. ¡Sin embargo, él no es el dueño!», señaló el juez Richard Leon en un escrito de 35 páginas.
La decisión es el primer revés significativo para los esfuerzos del presidente por rediseñar la Casa Blanca con su sello personal.
El juez, nombrado en su cargo por el ex presidente George W Bush, dijo que retrasaría la implementación de su fallo durante dos semanas para una posible apelación. Pero advirtió que «cualquier construcción sobre el suelo durante los próximos catorce días que no cumpla» con su sentencia «corre el riesgo de ser retirada».
«¡A menos que el Congreso bendiga este proyecto mediante autorización legal, la construcción debe detenerse!», escribió Leon, añadiendo que la «buena noticia» es que Trump y el Congreso pueden trabajar para autorizar el proyecto.
«El Presidente puede en cualquier momento acudir al Congreso para obtener autoridad expresa para construir un salón de baile y hacerlo con fondos privados. De hecho, el Congreso incluso podría elegir asignar fondos para el salón de baile, o al menos decidir que algún otro esquema de financiación es aceptable», añadió Leon.
«De cualquier manera, el Congreso conservará así su autoridad sobre la propiedad nacional y su supervisión sobre el gasto del Gobierno», escribió el juez. «Y el pueblo estadounidense se beneficiará de que las ramas del Gobierno ejerzan sus funciones constitucionalmente prescritas. ¡No está mal el resultado!»
La decisión sugiere que el juez Leon avala la demanda del National Trust for Historic Preservation, una organización sin ánimo de lucro creada por el Congreso para proteger los edificios históricos de Estados Unidos, que había criticado el proyecto.
Sin criticar personalmente al juez, Trump reaccionó al fallo en su red social: “El National Trust for Historic Preservation me demanda por un salón de baile que está dentro del presupuesto, adelantado a lo previsto, que se está construyendo sin costo para el contribuyente, y que será el mejor edificio de su tipo en cualquier parte del mundo”, señaló y criticó que esa organización no se enfoque en otras construcciones como el edificio de la Reserva Federal, entre otros.
Trump inició la construcción de un gran salón de baile permanente para reemplazar las carpas temporales que hoy se usan para eventos oficiales, una obra financiada con donaciones privadas y que aparentemente costará unos 400 millones de dólares.
Unas dos docenas de empresas tecnológicas, de criptomonedas y de defensa aportaron dinero para financiar la construcción. Un informe del grupo Public Citizen encontró que dos tercios de los donantes corporativos identificados públicamente habían recibido contratos gubernamentales, valorados colectivamente en más de 275.000 millones de dólares.
El presidente presenta al salón como una mejora funcional y estética para recepciones, alineada con necesidades logísticas modernas, pero tiene su sello inconfundible con columnas griegas y ornamentos dorados.
Pero la iniciativa despertó un fuerte rechazo entre arquitectos, historiadores y expertos en preservación, que advierten que una ampliación de ese tipo altera el equilibrio arquitectónico de la residencia presidencial, un símbolo nacional cuidadosamente intervenido a lo largo de los años.
Días atrás arquitectos consultados por The New York Times analizaron además varios errores como que la inmensa escalinata de ingreso no conducía a la entrada principal y otros detalles sorprendentes. El artículo comienza con un dibujo interactivo que señala lo que los arquitectos consideran numerosos fallos de diseño.
Advierten sobre «ventanas falsas en el lado norte», columnas que «bloquean la vista interior del salón de baile» y una zona de azotea «innecesariamente grande». También que “el pórtico es demasiado grande, sus escaleras no llevan a ninguna parte, sus columnas bloquearán las vistas desde el interior del salón de baile», decía el artículo.
Al día siguiente de publicada esa nota, Trump mostró casualmente a los periodistas a bordo del Air Force One una nueva ilustración del proyecto. «Acabamos de recibir esto de los arquitectos», dijo el presidente, mientras mostraba el diseño. Mágicamente la inmensa escalera que no conducía a ninguna parte había sido eliminada.
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