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Federal Judge Pauses Deadline For Trump Administration’s Buyout Program

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By Olivia George

BREAKING NEWS: A federal judge in Massachusetts temporarily paused the Trump administration’s buyout program’s deadline, which had been set for 11:59 p.m. Thursday, and set a new hearing for Monday.

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Federal employees have until 11:59 p.m. Eastern time Thursday to decide whether they will take up the Trump administration’s offer to resign and be paid through the end of September.

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The offer — the administration’s most sweeping effort so far to remake and shrink the federal workforce — has sent shock waves through the federal government and beyond, with some employees scrambling to make up their minds about the proposal while others urge colleagues to reject a deal they consider a trap.

Three unions that represent more than 800,000 federal workers, meanwhile, filed a lawsuit Tuesday seeking a temporary restraining order to halt the deadline, calling the offer an “arbitrary, unlawful, short-fused ultimatum,” and a federal judge scheduled a hearing for Thursday at 1 p.m. to consider whether to take urgent action.

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