The Trump administration is paying more than 154,000 federal employees not to work as a result of its deferred resignation program, part of a larger effort to slash the government workforce. The ...

More than 150,000 federal employees could officially leave the U.S. payroll on Tuesday after accepting buyouts under the Trump administration’s Deferred Resignation Program. Many of these workers ...

On Tuesday, President Donald Trump dangled a "buyout" offer in front of 2 million federal workers, encouraging them to resign en masse. The mass email blast from the Office of Per ...

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Early last year, federal workers braced for layoffs after President Donald Trump took office. But as his administration’s ...

The federal government is reportedly paying more than 154,000 employees not to report to work under the Trump administration’s deferred resignation program. Thousands have been receiving pay since ...

A wave of reports in late September 2025 alleged some 100,000 U.S. federal workers resigned from their jobs on one day, sparking confusion and speculation about what caused the purported mass exodus.