DOGE Offers 'Fork in Road' Buyout to 2.3M Federal Workers

DOGE sends federal employees an email (dubbed 'deferred resignation' offer) giving them until February 6 to accept 8 months of pay to resign voluntarily. Approximately 75,000 federal workers initially accept. Courts issue injunctions blocking the administration from firing those who don't accept. The program is repeatedly challenged, as courts question whether the administration can unilaterally offer such buyouts without Congressional authorization.