Federal workers get reprieve amid resignation deadline — what to know

Millions of federal workers have more time to ponder their next career move after a judge on Thursday suspended the Office of Personnel Management’s (OPM) deadline for them to accept or reject the agency’s “deferred resignation” offer. The cutoff to take the deal had been set to expire at on Thursday at midnight Eastern time before

Trump’s birthright citizenship order blocked by Maryland and Washington judges

Washington — A day after a federal judge in Maryland temporarily blocked President Trump’s executive order seeking to end birthright citizenship from taking effect nationwide, a federal judge in Washington ruled against the president amid a rush of legal challenges to his directive. U.S. District Judge John Coughenour said during a court hearing on Thursday that he would issue a

Trump DOJ Sues State of Illinois, City of Chicago for Not Enforcing Immigration Law

The Department of Justice under newly confirmed Attorney General Pam Bondi sued the state of Illinois and the city of Chicago on Thursday, arguing that their sanctuary laws “interfere” with the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement policies. Multiple state and local laws are “designed to and in fact interfere with and discriminate against the Federal Government’s

Millions of federal workers face deadline over whether to resign

More than 2 million federal employees face a looming deadline: By midnight Eastern time on Thursday, they must decide whether to accept a “deferred resignation” offer from the Trump administration. If workers accept, according to a White House plan, they would continue getting paid through September but would be excused from reporting for duty. But