President Trump said on Saturday he directed Secretary of War Pete Hegseth to use “all available funds” to “PAY OUR TROOPS.”
“Chuck Schumer recently said, ‘Every day gets better’ during their Radical Left Shutdown. I DISAGREE! If nothing is done, because of ‘Leader’ Chuck Schumer and the Democrats, our Brave Troops will miss the paychecks they are rightfully due on October 15th,” Trump said.
“That is why I am using my authority, as Commander in Chief, to direct our Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth, to use all available funds to get our Troops PAID on October 15th. We have identified funds to do this, and Secretary Hegseth will use them to PAY OUR TROOPS,” he continued.
“I will not allow the Democrats to hold our Military, and the entire Security of our Nation, HOSTAGE, with their dangerous Government Shutdown. The Radical Left Democrats should OPEN THE GOVERNMENT, and then we can work together to address Healthcare, and many other things that they want to destroy,” he added.
Amid the federal government shutdown, federal employees began receiving notices on Friday saying they would be laid off in 60 days.
4,000 federal workers fired due to ongoing government shutdown https://t.co/ksPTYqQjfZ pic.twitter.com/tWAPZ0KR53
— New York Post (@nypost) October 11, 2025
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House Speaker Mike Johnson said “we’re not in a good mood” as he noted Friday marks the first day that federal workers will not receive their full paychecks since the shutdown began on Oct. 1. The continued stalemate also makes it highly likely members of the military will miss their next paycheck, expected to arrive on Oct. 15.
There has been little movement in Congress toward ending the government shutdown in recent days. The Senate rejected motions to advance Democratic and Republican-backed spending bills for a seventh time Thursday and left town until Tuesday afternoon, meaning the deadlock will not be resolved until at least next week.
Several U.S. airports have experienced flight delays this week due to shortages of air traffic controllers, who are considered essential workers and have been working without pay since funding lapsed earlier this month. But they are expected to receive back pay once the shutdown ends.
According to the New York Post, most of the layoffs occurred at the Treasury Department and the Department of Health and Human Services.
*FEDERAL LAYOFFS HIT INTERIOR, TREASURY, COMMERCE DEPT: POLITICO
*FEDERAL LAYOFFS ALSO HIT EPA, ENERGY DEPT, HHS, HUD: POLITICO
— zerohedge (@zerohedge) October 10, 2025
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The New York Post explained:
The Trump administration revealed in a court filing that more than 4,000 federal workers were fired Friday as a result of the ongoing partial government shutdown.
The mass layoffs will affect government workers in at least seven Cabinet-level agencies, according to the document filed in the District Court for the Northern District of California, where federal employee labor unions are suing to stop the Trump administration from downsizing amid the lapse in federal funding.
The bulk of the layoffs took place at the Treasury Department and the Department of Health and Human Services, where approximately 1,446 employees and up to 1,200, respectively, were axed.
The Department of Education fired 466 employees; the Department of Housing and Urban Development let go of 442 employees; the Department of Commerce terminated 315 employees; the Department of Energy cut 187 employees; and the Department of Homeland Security laid off 176 employees.
ADVERTISEMENTThe Justice Department filing notes that other agencies have issued “a general ‘intent to RIF’ notice.”
The Environmental Protection Agency, for example, notified approximately 20-30 employees that they may be fired in the future.
The United States Patent and Trademark Office separately issued shutdown-related RIF notices to 126 employees on Oct. 1.
