The buyout is one of many approaches Trump is taking to slash a civilian workforce of 2.3 million that he has blasted as ineffective and biased against him.

A federal judge has cleared the way for President Donald Trump’s plan to downsize the federal workforce with deferred resignation program.

A federal judge in Boston Wednesday is allowing the Trump administration to move forward with its federal worker buyout program for the moment.

A federal judge lifted a previous order pausing the program Wednesday. Soon afterward, the Office of Personnel Management announced the program was closed.

The order reinstates the program that offered federal workers eight months of pay and benefits if they voluntarily resigned.

U.S. District Judge George A. O’Toole Jr. said the pause would continue until he rules on a preliminary injunction.

US District Judge George A. O’Toole Jr. ruled Wednesday that a group of labor unions did not have legal standing to challenge the program, commonly described as a buyout.

A federal judge has found the Trump administration hasn’t fully followed his order to unfreeze federal spending and has ordered the White House to release all money.

U.S. District Judge George A. O’Toole Jr. dissolved his restraining order blocking the "deferred resignations" program after finding the plaintiffs lacked legal standing.

A federal judge is allowing the Trump administration to move forward with its plan to downsize the federal workforce by offering employees the option to resign now but stay on the payroll through September.