A federal judge ruled in President Donald Trump’s favor by reinstating his “Fork in the Road” deferred resignation offer, allowing federal employees the option to resign from their positions with full benefits and pay until September.

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

U.S. District Judge George O’Toole Jr. said the federal workers' unions who sued over the program lack standing.

A federal judge in Massachusetts put an indefinite stay on the administration’s deadline for workers to indicate whether they plan to leave the government.

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

Federal labor unions didn't have legal standing to sue, a federal judge in Massachusetts said. The administration had been losing a series of claims.

Liz Goggin, a social worker with the Veterans Health Administration, took the offer to resign in exchange for pay and benefits through September. Then she learned her position was exempt.