White House moves from warnings to execution orders, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office layoffs begin, and federal agencies brace for controlled shutdown spreading across the government
The government is not drifting toward shutdown. It is being driven into one. The White House has already moved from vague warnings to direct execution orders, and that single pivot changes everything. When top officials start saying “Two days. Imminent. Very soon,” they are no longer bargaining or posturing, they are laying out a timetable …
