Thousands of government employees were laid off ahead of the weekend, as President Trump fulfilled his promise to undertake mass layoffs amid the government shutdown.Â
At least 4,100 furloughed federal workers were fired on Friday, stretching across several departments and agencies. Â
The government will remain closed until at least Tuesday after the Senate went home for the long weekend following another set of failed votes on stopgap funding that would have turned the lights back on until at least Nov. 21.
At home and on Capitol Hill, Republicans are playing defense as Democrats have successfully made the funding debate about health care.
President Trump has no public events scheduled on Saturday but is expected to travel to the Middle East on Sunday to mark the implementation of a peace agreement between Israel and Hamas.
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