The buyout is one of many approaches Trump is taking to slash a civilian workforce of 2.3 million that he has blasted as ineffective and biased against him.

A federal judge in Boston Wednesday is allowing the Trump administration to move forward with its federal worker buyout program for the moment.

A federal judge lifted a previous order pausing the program Wednesday. Soon afterward, the Office of Personnel Management announced the program was closed.

The order reinstates the program that offered federal workers eight months of pay and benefits if they voluntarily resigned.

About 75,000 federal employees have accepted President Donald Trump’s deferred resignation program, after more than 2 million federal civilian employees were offered buyouts in January.

About 75,000 workers took Trump administration buyout offer. The president wants to cut more federal employees. How many in Mississippi could be affected?

Federal workers are looking for the next move after being impacted by President Donald Trump's buyout offers. The number amounts to less than 4% of the federal workforce, short of the White House's goal of 5% to 10%.

Md., on the restoration of the Trump administration's federal worker buyout and concerns of a rift in the Republican Party over a budget plan to enact President Donald Trump's agenda.