White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt will brief reporters Friday afternoon on the government shutdown as the Trump administration prepares for mass layoffs amid the lapse in funding.

President Trump and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Russell Vought signaled earlier this week that mass layoffs were imminent as the Senate debates dueling stopgap funding proposals to reopen the government. On Thursday, Leavitt said the cuts would likely be in the thousands.

The press briefing also comes as the administration faces criticism from some GOP lawmakers over a freeze on federal grants in the wake of the shutdown.

The event is scheduled to begin at 1 p.m. EDT.

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