The White House budget office said Friday that mass firings of federal workers have started, an attempt by President Donald Trump’s administration to exert more pressure on Democratic lawmakers as the government shutdown dragged into a 10th day.

Just before the shutdown, OMB told agencies to draft RIF plans for programs that wouldn’t have alternative funding sources.

With the federal government shutdown entering its second week, some health leaders in North Texas are worried a prolonged shutdown could negatively effect their patients and services.

Here's the latest on the federal government shutdown, when the government could reopen after a Congressional vote, and what the shutdown affects.

On Capitol Hill, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) accused Republicans of shutting down the government rather than support healthcare for “hardworking American taxpayers." As a condition for their much-needed Senate votes to fund the federal government,