For the federal government's largest group of employees — nurses caring for military veterans through the Department of Veterans Affairs — the Trump administration's deferred resignation offer and its looming Thursday deadline come amid longstanding staffing shortages,

The letters are the first examples of the national security and intelligence workforce being included in broader efforts to downsize the federal government by the Trump administration.

Hundreds of thousands of federal employees must decide by February 6, 2025, whether to accept the " Fork in the Road" deferred resignation offer.

Labor unions sued the federal government Tuesday over President Donald Trump’s controversial “deferred resignation” program, saying the effort to nudge government workers out of their jobs violates the law.

Staff within the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency are now permitted to take the Trump administration’s deferred resignation offer, reversing an exemption notice provided late last week saying CISA and other Department of Homeland Security bureaus would not qualify because of national security reasons.

Feeling lost about what OPM’s deferred resignation means for federal workers? Here’s a break down of frequently asked questions released by the Trump administration.

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel has joined with 12 other attorneys general from across the country warning federal employees to be wary of the Trump administration’s “deferred resignation” program,

The Trump administration issued an email blast on Jan. 28 giving most of the country’s 2.3 million eligible employees federal workers the option to resign with pay through Sept. 30. The deadline to decide on whether to accept the offer is Thursday.

Abrupt dismissals of workers not offered the deal, along with other moves, put pressure on those weighing whether to quit.