February 11, 2025

Federal employees remain stuck in a strange stasis as the legality of President Donald Trump’s mass resignation scheme remains in question.

On Monday, U.S. District Judge George O’Toole weighed legal arguments for and against the “deferred resignation” deal but didn’t rule yet on whether the president’s offer is valid. In the interim, a midnight deadline came and went, leaving government workers wondering yet again what the future holds for them under the Trump administration.

An EPA employee questioned why Trump didn’t initially offer the government’s official early retirement and buyout programs to encourage civil servants to leave. 

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