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fromSlate Magazine
2 days ago

Trump Is Exploiting the Shutdown to Set Up Something Truly Terrifying

The Trump administration redirected billions of appropriated funds to pay troops during a shutdown, violating the Antideficiency Act and undermining Congress's power of the purse.
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fromArs Technica
1 week ago

Trump admin fires more health employees amid government shutdown

Today's layoffs are the work of White House Budget Director Russell Vought, a lead creator of the Project 2025 playbook, which planned a massive reduction in the federal workforce. In a post on X earlier today, Vought announced that the terminations "have begun." But as The Washington Post has previously reported, senior government officials have warned that Vought's layoffs amid a shutdown are likely illegal, running afoul of the Antideficiency Act.
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fromABA Journal
2 weeks ago

How the federal judiciary will continue operations during shutdown

The federal judiciary will use non-appropriated funds like court fee balances to continue paid operations and staff salaries through Oct. 17 during a government shutdown.
fromPatently-O
2 weeks ago

Federal Government Shutdown (But not the USPTO)

Although the federal government shutdown appears ready to begin at 12:01 AM on October 1, 2025, the United States Patent and Trademark Office is likely to continue in normal operation by drawing on its Operating Reserve which the agency has been building up over the past several years. A prolonged shutdown would eventually exhaust the reserves and trigger an end to spending.
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fromAbove the Law
3 weeks ago

Lawmakers Ask Paul Weiss And Kirkland To Explain Why Trump Work Isn't Totally Illegal - Above the Law

Major law firms provided pro bono legal services to the Commerce Department that may violate the Antideficiency Act by accepting volunteer services without appropriation.
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