JD Vance warns of painful federal cuts as US govt shutdown enters Day 12

Noting the uncertainty faced by hundreds of thousands who are already furloughed without pay amid the stubborn stalemate in Congress, Vance warned that as the federal shutdown entered its 12th day, the new cuts would be “painful”, as he spoke to Fox News' “Sunday Morning Futures.”

“To be clear, some of these cuts are going to be painful. This is not a situation that we relish. This is not something that we’re looking forward to, but the Democrats have dealt us a pretty difficult set of cards,” Vance said.

While Trump administration worked to ensure that the military is paid this week and some services would be preserved for low-income Americans, including food assistance, the office of management and budget said well over 4,000 federal employees across departments of Education, Treasury, Homeland Security and Health and Human Services, as well as the Environmental Protection Agency, would soon be fired in conjunction with the shutdown, reported news agency AP.