- White House: Mass layoffs will start if shutdown talks ‘going nowhere’ Reuters
- Both Parties Are Resigned to Deadlock as Shutdown Takes Hold The New York Times
- ‘There will start to be layoffs’ if Trump decides shutdown talks have stalled, Hassett says CNBC
- White House threatens mass layoffs amid deepening US government shutdown Al Jazeera
- Government shutdown live updates, latest on Social Security, flights, furloughs USA Today