On Tuesday, President Donald Trump dangled a "buyout" offer in front of 2 million federal workers, encouraging them to resign ...

Darryl Woodson enrolled in the Deferred Resignation Program last year. He's among tens of thousands still awaiting their ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. More than two million federal employees face a critical deadline ...

These recent days have been like no other in the history of federal employment and retirement. With the whiplash back and forth with the “deferred resignation” offer it is hard to know how to proceed ...

NBC News cannot independently verify the number of employees who took the White House's offer. In fiscal year 2023, the attrition rate of the federal workforce was 5.9%, according to the Partnership ...

More than 150,000 federal employees could officially leave the U.S. payroll on Tuesday after accepting buyouts under the Trump administration’s Deferred Resignation Program. Many of these workers ...

Nuclear waste cleanup sites in New Mexico have been among the hardest hit in the country by staff losses due to a deferred ...

Early last year, federal workers braced for layoffs after President Donald Trump took office. But as his administration’s threat loomed, many in the Philadelphia region opted to leave on their own ...

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.