Vice President JD Vance joined the White House news briefing on the first day of a federal government shutdown. The vice president blamed the shutdown on congressional Democrats and their position on health care, and claimed that Democrats were seeking health care funds for undocumented migrants. He and White House Press Secretary Karoline Levitt each faced questions about a proposal to lay off additional federal workers to sustain the government through the shutdown, but offered no timeline for thAT proposal.