Feb 6, 2025 · The Trump administration’s controversial “deferred resignation” program is on hold for the time being after a federal judge in Massachusetts enjoined the Office of Personnel Management from “taking any further action to implement the so-called Fork Directive.”

2 days ago · WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge on Wednesday removed a key legal hurdle stalling President Donald Trump ’s plan to downsize the federal workforce with a deferred resignation program.. The Boston-based judge’s order in the challenge filed by a group of labor unions was a significant legal victory for the Republican president after a …

2 days ago · Boston — A federal judge in Massachusetts allowed the Trump administration's bid to offer "deferred resignations" to federal workers who voluntarily leave government service to continue and ...

4 days ago · After a hearing Monday, U.S. District Judge George O'Toole once again pushed back the deadline for the Trump administration's deferred resignation program, "until further order of the Court."

2 days ago · After issuing two stays, U.S. District Judge George O'Toole has declined to block the Trump administration's deferred resignation program for federal employees. The ruling comes more than two ...

4 days ago · Judge George O'Toole of the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts ... The deferred resignation program "offers a humane offramp" to employees who "might have structured their life ...

Feb 6, 2025 · U.S. District Judge George A. O’Toole Jr., a Clinton appointee, said he would enjoin the program until the parties can meet to deliver oral arguments, a hearing for which is now set for...

4 days ago · A federal judge said on Monday that the Trump administration’s deferred resignation program would remain paused until he ruled on its legality, hours before a deadline for roughly two million ...

2 days ago · The Trump administration moved on Wednesday to close entries for the deferred resignation program for federal workers and continue to next steps, after a federal judge’s assent.

Updated: A federal judge has ordered OPM to extend the deadline for its deferred resignation offer again in response to a union lawsuit, declaring that the temporary restraining order he...