02/17/2025
Buyout Program: The Trump administration has implemented a deferred-resignation plan, offering buyouts to federal employees as part of cost-cutting measures. Approximately 75,000 workers have accepted these offers, allowing them to remain on the payroll with full benefits until September 30, 2025. Despite legal challenges from labor unions, a federal judge ruled that the program can proceed, stating that the unions lacked standing to contest the policy.