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Trump administration threatens mass firings as shutdown looms

US President Donald Trump and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan during a meeting in the Oval Office at the White House, in Washington, DC, on September 25, 2025. [AFP]

US President Donald Trump's administration dramatically raised the stakes Thursday in a clash over a possible government funding shutdown, telling federal agencies to prepare for new mass firings if it goes ahead.

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