The U.S. government laid off a large number of employees on payday, and the next day said they had made mistakes in the layoffs.

Jin10 reported on October 12 that October 10 was the payday for approximately 660,000 federal employees in the United States. However, on this payday, the U.S. government not only delayed salary payments but also laid off many employees. The Director of the Office of Management and Budget at the White House, Shalanda Young, announced on social media that federal government layoffs had begun. Previously, Trump and White House officials had repeatedly stated that layoffs would occur once the government shut down, with layoffs focused on "areas leaning towards the Democrats," and claimed that Democrats should be held responsible for this. However, on the 11th, another government department admitted that due to "code errors," they had laid off the wrong people.