1 day ago · What is the White House saying? White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt issued a statement saying the judge's delay will allow more federal workers to take part in the buyout.

1 day ago · Around 2% of the federal civilian workforce has taken President Donald Trump's buyout deal. ... in the East Room at the White House in Washington, D.C., on February 04, 2025. (Photo by Kyle Mazza ...

1 day ago · A federal judge on Thursday pushed back the deadline for government employees to decide whether or not to take the "buyout" offer from the Trump administration.Why it matters: The deadline had been midnight Thursday, but there is now a restraining order until Monday. Federal employees have been uncertain about replying "resign," as the details of the offer have changed since it was first sent ...

1 day ago · The White House had said that tens of thousands of US government workers had accepted the offer to resign in exchange for continued pay until 30 September - though workers expressed confusion ...

1 day ago · The 40,000 workers represent roughly 2% of those who were offered the deal—a large job cut by any measure, but short of the White House’s reported goal of slashing between 5% and 10% of the ...

21 hours ago · Even as the program was stayed, more than 60,000 federal employees have already accepted the buyout offer, a White House source told Reuters. The ruling by U.S. District Judge George O'Toole in ...

3 days ago · WASHINGTON ― At least 20,000 federal employees have accepted the buyout offer President Donald Trump made to the entire federal workforce before Thursday's deadline, a White House official said ...

Jan 29, 2025 · The White House on Tuesday began offering buyouts worth seven months of salary to all federal employees who opt to leave their jobs by Feb. 6 — part of President Donald Trump’s unprecedented overhaul of the U.S. government.

1 day ago · WASHINGTON (AP) — Thousands of miles from Elon Musk’s office in the White House complex, a federal worker based in the Pacific Northwest is wondering whether to quit.. Musk, one of President Donald Trump’s most powerful advisers, has orchestrated an unprecedented financial incentive for people to leave their government jobs, promising several months of pay in return for their resignation.

Jan 28, 2025 · The White House on Tuesday began offering buyouts worth seven months of salary to all federal employees who opt to leave their jobs by Feb. 6 — part of President Donald Trump’s unprecedented overhaul of the U.S. government.