NO PROGRESS toward ending shutdown (Shutterstock photo).

Deeper cuts among federal workers could be on the way as the government shutdown continues, said Vice President JD Vance on Sunday.

The Associated Press is reporting that Vance said that new cuts would be “painful,” although he stated that the military would be paid this week and poor Americans would still receive some food assistance.

Hundreds of thousands of federal workers remain furloughed and another 4,000 will be discharged soon.

“The longer this goes o, the deeper the cuts aer going to be,” said Vance. He added that “this is not something that we’re looking forward to, but the Democrats have dealt us a pretty difficult set of cards.”

The deadlock between the two parties in Congress centers around tax credits for the poor for Obamacare. Republicans eliminated it from the proposed “continuing resolution” while Democrats insist it be restored.

Cease-fire deal still in incomplete

The recently-announced cease-fire deal between Israel and Hamas has left many details unresolved, according to The New York Times.

FLAGS of Israel and Hamas (Shutterstock).

Sheik Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, prime minister of Qatar, wick brokered much of the agreement told The Times that the parties weren’t ready to settle all of the issues.

“If we went for full-package negotiations,” he said, “we wouldn’t have reached these results.”

Still unresolved is what happens to the weapons held by Hamas and how will Gaza be governed: by Israel, by the Palestinian state or by some other means.

Sports: Rams, Chargers win

Our local NFL teams each bounced back with wins on Sunday. The Rams (now 4-2) defeated the Baltimore Ravens on the road by 17-3 and the Chargers (now 4-2) edged the Miami Dolphins in Florida 29-27, holding off a fierce fourth quarter rally by the home team.

The Rams, who are now in a three-way tie for the NFC West lead, were led my Matthew Stafford, who passed for 181 yards and one score. Kyren Williams rushed for 50 yards and a TD.

Cameron Dicker’s 33-yard field goal lifted the Bolts to the win with 41 seconds to play. Justin Herbert passed for 264 yards and two TDs. Kimani Vidal carried 18 times for 124 yards.

Weather: Clouds, rain and sun

We’ll have to endure some clouds and rain before we gets to a predicted four days of rain. That’s the forecast for our West Orange County cities. Monday should be mostly cloudy with a daytime high of 71 and an overnight low of 61. Morning rain is expected on Tuesday with a high of 64 and a low of 54. Sunny days are expected to commence on Wednesday with temps of 70 (54) warming t o 76 (58) by Saturday.