White House Budget Office Director Russ uh Voit is instructing Russ Vote, sorry, is instructing federal agencies to prepare for mass layoffs if the government shuts down next week. Joining us uh now with where things stand in the Senate, Tennessee Republican uh Senator Bill Hagerty. We decided uh to intro you and lead with the blackmail that they're saying is coming from the Republican side. Um maybe the you know, we need to start with the original blackmail.I I think the true source of the blackmail is the ...

Running a national economy is never easy, but the budgetary task facing UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves this November is truly forbidding https://t.co/K2qk4cqSYW ...

Congress has just five days to pass a spending bill and avoid a government shutdown. And now the White House is raising the stakes, threatening to go beyond traditional furlows and laying the groundwork for mass firings across the government if a deal is not reached. NBC News obtained a memo from the Office of Management and Budget asking federal agencies to prepare a quote reduction in force plans if possible. Joining us now, House Minority Whip and Democratic Congresswoman from Massachusetts, Katherine Cl ...

The White House’s budget office sent a memo telling federal agencies to prepare for mass firings of workers if a government shutdown occurs next week, according to multiple reports. https://t.co/eGnKlGTrWU ...

RT Henry Curr (@currhenry)The Labour government is led by technocrats with a working majority of 157 in Parliament. It has forgiving budget rules and as long as four years until the next election. If it cannot put the budget on a sound footing, then who will?https://t.co/nEu872r2HM ...

The White House budget office is telling federal agencies to prepare plans for mass firings during a possible government shutdown.Listen to that and the latest stories on Bloomberg News Now. https://t.co/Qc9Mq5IRzO ...

The White House budget office is telling federal agencies to prepare plans for mass firings during a possible government shutdown https://t.co/zXdKKGrKUq ...

Sweden’s finance ministry unveiled its full budget plan for the coming election year, a bid to get the economy motoring in the traditionally frugal Nordic state https://t.co/YDkqVhHAF3 ...

UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves will need to find a further £4 billion to put her budget back on track if the Bank of England decides to stop active gilt sales at a critical decision this week https://t.co/SzIbKgxNhX ...

Pleasing both 10 and 11 Downing Street is often difficult in UK politics. A new Budget board with people from both departments is apparently going to help. Get The Readout with @AllegraStratton https://t.co/FEQxpXH8Nh ...