Judge Temporarily Halts Trump, Musk Federal Worker ‘Buyout’ (2)

A judge temporarily delayed the Feb. 6 deadline for millions of federal workers to decide whether to accept the Trump administration offer to resign with the promise of months of full pay, as a fight over the lawfulness of the buyout push goes forward.

US District Judge George O’Toole announced at a brief hearing Thursday that he would block the administration from implementing the offer until he holds another conference on Feb. 10 on a longer-term halt. O’Toole, who is in Boston, said that he was barring US officials from carrying out the directive to allow time for “proper consideration” ...