{"id":3053,"date":"2025-10-01T07:35:40","date_gmt":"2025-10-01T07:35:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2025\/10\/01\/live-us-government-shutdown-starts-as-trump-threatens-mass-layoffs\/"},"modified":"2025-10-01T07:35:40","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T07:35:40","slug":"live-us-government-shutdown-starts-as-trump-threatens-mass-layoffs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2025\/10\/01\/live-us-government-shutdown-starts-as-trump-threatens-mass-layoffs\/","title":{"rendered":"LIVE: US government shutdown starts as Trump threatens mass layoffs"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"root\">\n<div>\n<header role=\"banner\">\n<p><span tabindex=\"-1\">Skip links<\/span><a aria-hidden=\"false\" href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/#main-content-area\">Skip to Content<\/a><\/p>\n<div><a aria-label=\"Link to live stream video player\" href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/live\"><span> Live <\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<nav aria-label=\"Primary navigation menu\"><span>Navigation menu<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-testid=\"sub-menu-item\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/\"><span>News<\/span><\/a>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li data-testid=\"sub-menu-item\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/africa\/\"><span>Africa<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li data-testid=\"sub-menu-item\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/asia\/\"><span>Asia<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li data-testid=\"sub-menu-item\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/us-canada\/\"><span>US &#038; 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