Philadelphia Front Page News Justice Brief: Risk grows for government shutdown, which would worsen effects of Trump's HR moves on federal workers in Pa. Forward news by KYW Newsradio frontpagenews1@yahoo.com
Above: The U.S. Custom House in Philadelphia houses federal offices for the FDA, Department of State, Department of Homeland Security, National Park Service and U.S. Customs and Border Protection agencies.
PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — After burning bridges built with Democrats over the last month, President Donald Trump and U.S. House and Senate Republicans face a spending bill showdown, putting the government, once again, at risk of shutdown, says CBS News congressional correspondent Scott MacFarlane. It's too early to know the potential effect on federal workers' pay or services to constituents.
To discuss this, plus the wave of nearly 100 lawsuits challenging the Trump administration's federal employee layoffs, and the criminal case against New York Mayor Eric Adams and its potential impact on federal prosecutions, MacFarlane joined KYW's Michelle Durham from New York City.
Michelle Durham: I wanted to start with this big wave of lawsuits, all aiming to stop the mass federal government layoffs that the Trump administration wants.
Scott MacFarlane: With huge impact throughout Southeast Pennsylvania. Hundreds if not thousands of local federal workers could be impacted. We're now up to nearly 100 lawsuits, legal challenges against the Trump administration, against some of their first month policies, which includes cutbacks at those federal agencies, from the National Archives to the U.S. Agency for International Development and, pending, to the Veterans Affairs Department—even the military in the coming days and weeks.
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