Hundreds of thousands of workers have been ordered not to report to work since the shutdown began, while others have been told to keep working without pay.

A "substantial" number of federal workers will be laid off as the government shutdown stretches into its tenth day.

President Donald Trump said he was making good on threats to fire thousands of federal workers amid a government shutdown now in its 10th day, as his administration made job cuts across departments including Health and Human Services,

Hundreds of thousands of federal employees are furloughed and many more have been working without pay since Oct. 1.