In a written ruling Wednesday, a federal judge in Boston said unions who had sued to block the program lacked standing to ...

A federal judge has cleared the way for President Trump’s plan to downsize the federal workforce with deferred resignation ...

The judge that a group of labor unions did not have legal standing to challenge the program, commonly described as a buyout.

It’s unclear how many federal workers accepted the offer to quit in return for being paid until Sept. 30, but the White House ...

Hundreds of NASA employees — about 5% of the workforce — signed up for President Donald Trump's deferred resignation offer earlier this month, the space agency said Wednesday afternoon. ...

A federal judge temporarily blocked the Trump administration’s “deferred resignation” program, which is part of a sweeping effort to eliminate government jobs. It's the latest twist in a ...

A federal judge on Wednesday cleared the way for President Donald Trump ’s plan to downsize the federal workforce with a ...

“The program is NOT being blocked or canceled. The government will honor the deferred resignation offer,” the Office of Personnel Management wrote on X early Thursday evening. Senate Minority ...

OPM spokesperson McLaurine Pinover said in a statement the office was "pleased" with the court's decision and that the deferred resignation program was closed as of 7 p.m. ET Wednesday ...

It’s why the Alden Law Group, which specializes in representing federal employees, issued a statement saying in part, “This ‘deferred resignation program’ is not being offered pursuant to ...

The unemployment rate is unlikely to be much affected by the program. If 200K workers took the deferred resignation and all became unemployed, which is unlikely, due to the amount of time they ...