A federal judge temporarily blocked the Trump administration’s “deferred resignation” program, which is part of a sweeping effort to eliminate government jobs. It's the latest twist in a chaotic and ...

The federal government’s backlog of pending retirement claims hit the highest level since the COVID-19 pandemic last month, as tens of thousands of federal workers who accepted the Trump ...

Newly released data from the Government Accountability Office offers some of the most granular glimpses yet of how the Trump administration’s sprint to remake the federal workforce in the president’s ...

United States Department of the Interior logo and U.S. flag are seen in this illustration taken April 23, 2025. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration April 2 (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of the Interior ...

More than 17 percent of the agency’s staff has left or will leave as part of the program. Nearly a fifth of EPA’s workforce has opted into President Donald Trump’s mass resignation plan as he pushes ...

A wave of reports in late September 2025 alleged some 100,000 U.S. federal workers resigned from their jobs on one day, sparking confusion and speculation about what caused the purported mass exodus.

The U.S. Interior Department has launched a new round of voluntary departure programs, including a deferred resignation option and early retirement, following a 20% workforce reduction over the past ...

WUSA-TV Washington, D.C. Posted: November 18, 2025 | Last updated: November 18, 2025 Shantae Graves spoke with WUSA9's Larry Miller about her struggle to find work after taking the deferred ...