Fork in the Road? Federal Employees React to Donald Trump's Worker Buyout
The Trump administration is offering federal employees buyouts of about eight months' salary if they resign by February 6.
Federal-Worker Buyouts May Make Government As Broken As X
Musk tried a similar scheme after his takeover of Twitter. What could go wrong with applying it to millions of federal workers?
Trump: Federal Employees Must Return To The Office And May Have To Prove They Didn't Have Another Job
President Donald Trump at a press conference on Wednesday said he is going to require federal employees who work at home to show up to work or be terminated. The president also addressed his proposal to offer payouts to government employees to quit their jobs.
Trump presses pause on parts of the federal government
Heads of federal agencies turned Trump’s executive orders into mandates to cut communication with outside parties, halt most foreign aid, and pause legal filings.
Explainer-Can Trump Pay US Government Employees to Quit Their Jobs?
The Trump administration has unveiled a novel plan offering financial incentives to 2 million civilian full-time federal workers to quit their jobs as part of a planned cull of the government workforce.
Trump says administration will offer buyouts to most government employees
President Donald Trump says the government will offer buyouts to federal workers as part of his effort to shrink the government's workforce.
Why does Trump want government workers to quit?
Donald Trump's plans to reshape the federal government have gathered pace after almost all federal employees received an email on Tuesday offering the option to resign and receive pay for eight months.
Federal workers: Will you take President Trump’s resignation offer?
On Tuesday, the Trump administration announced it would give resignation offers to all federal employees who choose to leave their jobs by Feb. 6.
Trump administration offers 'deferred resignations' to federal workers
The Trump administration is offering eight-month "deferred resignation" offers to federal workers who do not wish to return to the office, provided they resign within the next week, according to a White House memo.
Trump to federal employees on ‘folk in the road’: Quit now and collect eight months pay for nothing
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.
What Trump has done to remake US government so far
U.S. President Donald Trump has signed a blizzard of executive orders and taken other actions since his inauguration on Jan.
Supreme Court hits two-term record with federal government in half of cases
For the second year, half of Supreme Court cases involve the federal government as respondents or petitioners, a novel trend ...
Federal appeals court strikes down ban on handgun sales to teens
The conservative Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled that the federal law banning handgun sales to teens is ...
Trump orders federal government not to fund or assist with gender transitions for youth
President Donald Trump directed the federal government not to help with gender transitions for individuals under the age of ...
Inside the Chaotic Rollout of Trump’s Federal Funding Freeze
The order that froze trillions of dollars of federal grants and loans was published without vetting by key officials in the ...
Federal court rules ban on handgun sales to adults under age 21 is unconstitutional
A Louisiana lower court judge had upheld the 1968 statute barring firearm sales to 18-20-year-olds in late 2022.
Trump isn’t the first to upend the federal workforce because of race
President Woodrow Wilson facilitated the segregation of a diverse federal workforce, where Black and White professionals had been working together for years.
The ‘Muskification’ of the federal government is in full swing
In November 2022, days after Elon Musk took control of the company then called Twitter, employees received an email with the ...