Trump news at a glance: more than 100,000 federal workers to quit on Tuesday in largest ever mass resignation

Latest departures in Trump administration's deferred resignation program come as Congress faces government shutdown deadline - key US politics stories from Sunday 28 September

More than 100,000 federal workers are to formally resign on Tuesday, the largest such mass event in US history, as part of a Trump administration program designed to make sweeping cuts to the federal workforce.

With Congress facing a deadline of Tuesday to authorize more funding or spark a government shutdown, the White House has also ordered federal agencies to draw up plans for large-scale firings of workers if the partisan fight fails to yield a deal.