A federal employee who accepted Trump's "fork in the road" buyout said he's worried he won't get paid or be able to find another job.
Federal labor unions didn't have legal standing to sue, a federal judge in Massachusetts said. The administration had been losing a series of claims.
A federal judge who previously paused the deferred resignation deadline for federal workers allowed it to proceed on Wednesday.
Almost all civil servants can opt to resign now and get paid through September without showing up for work—but Senator Tim Kaine warns it's a trick.
Roughly 75,000 federal workers accepted the Trump administration’s buyout offer, falling short of White House expectations but still marking a reduction in government workforce. The program, which Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) chief Elon Musk called “Fork in the Road,
A federal judge in Boston lifted the pause on the deadline for the Trump administration’s “deferred resignation” federal buyout program, according to a ruling filed Wednesday. The program, which was promoted extensively by Elon Musk in his plan to downsize the federal government,
A federal judge is allowing the Trump administration to move forward with its plan to downsize the federal workforce by offering employees the option to resign now but stay on the payroll through September.
The White House said a total of 75,000 federal workers said they will take the “Fork in the Road” deferred resignation offer. But it’s still unclear which agencies these employees work for how many of the resignations were accepted by agencies.
President Donald Trump's administration acknowledged on Sunday night that some federal government employees who took the "Fork in the Road" buyout offer were also, subsequently, fired or let go — and that this was an error.
NASA's workforce will be 10 percent smaller than it was at the start of President Donald Trump's second term. Per a report from Eric Berger of Ars Technica, sources confirmed to the publication that about 750 employees at the space agency have accepted a "fork in the road" offer to take deferred resignation later this year.
A federal judge is allowing the Trump administration to move forward with its plan to downsize the federal workforce by offering employees the option to resign now but stay on the payroll through September.
President Donald Trump's administration said some federal government employees who took the "Fork in the Road" buyout offer were then fired or let go — in error.