A federal judge on Thursday temporarily paused President Donald Trump’s plan to offer buyouts to millions of federal workers, an initiative aimed at trimming the federal workforce but that

U.S. District Judge George O'Toole prevented the agency from implementing the program's deadline during a brief hearing held hours before federal workers were required to notify O

The Trump administration had given most of the country’s federal employees until 11:59 p.m. Thursday to decide if they want to resign with pay through the end of September.