India, Oct. 19 -- The Trump administration has begun laying off federal workers during the government shutdown, led by Director of the United States Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Russell Vought. The much-promised layoffs have hit several departments in the US very hard.

Two unions representing government workers have now moved to prevent the administration from pursuing any more layoffs. A Wall Street Journal report claimed that legal filings indicated around 4,000 federal workers would be cut across several agencies.

US President Donald Trump said on Truth Social earlier this month that he had met with Vought to discuss "which of the many Democrat Agencies, most of which are a political SCAM, he recommends to be cut, and whethe...