"The administration of United States President Donald Trump has announced that it will furlough about 1,400 workers at the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) starting next week due to the ongoing shutdown of the US government. A spokesman at the Department of Energy, of which the NNSA is a semiautonomous branch, said on Friday that nearly 400 workers would remain at the agency, which is responsible for overseeing the US nuclear weapons stockpile."
"President Trump's energy secretary, Chris Wright, said enough is enough in a post on X on Friday, as he announced the planned furlough of NNSA workers. Starting next week, we're going to have to furlough thousands of workers that are critical to modernizing our nuclear arsenal because of [Chuck] Schumer's disastrous Shutdown, Wright said in his post, referring to the US Senate's Democratic party leader."
About 1,400 workers at the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) will be furloughed starting next week because of the ongoing US government shutdown. A Department of Energy spokesman said nearly 400 workers will remain at the agency responsible for overseeing the US nuclear weapons stockpile. Energy Secretary Chris Wright blamed Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer for the shutdown and criticized the impasse on X. Democrats in the Senate voted against advancing a Republican funding bill for a tenth time, extending a shutdown that has lasted 17 days. Republicans blame Democrats while Democrats say they are forcing negotiations over healthcare subsidies. Essential federal employees continue to work without pay until reimbursed. About 750,000 federal employees and tens of thousands of contractors have been furloughed so far.
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