A federal judge has issued a temporary block on the Trump administration's controversial buyout program for federal workers, delaying its implementation until at least Monday.
Over 60,000 employees had already accepted the offer before the halt, which came amid workers' Thursday night deadline.
U.S. District Judge George A. O'Toole Jr., during a brief Thursday hearing, blocked the program to allow more time for legal arguments. A full hearing is scheduled for Monday at 2 p.m. to determine whether the halt should be extended, per NBC News.
The buyout program, announced in a Jan. 28 email titled "Fork in the Road," is part of the Trump administration's sweeping effort to reduce the federal workforce by 5% to 10%. If fully implemented, it could become the largest layoff in U.S. history, surpassing IBM's record 60,000 job cuts in 1993, per Forbes. Billionaire Elon Musk, appointed by Trump to lead the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE,) led the cuts, including shutting down the U.S. Agency for International Development and halting work at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
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Judge Blocks Trump's Federal Workers' Buyout Program Hours Before Decision Deadline
- by: Allison Walker
- 2025-02-06
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- 02/07/2025
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