US court temporarily blocks Trump's initiative on compensated layoffs

A judge in the United States has temporarily blocked an initiative proposed by the administration of US President Donald Trump's administration to fire government employees with compensation. This was reported by Reuters on Thursday, February 6.

The source told the agency, even despite the suspension of the program, more than 60 thousand federal employees have already accepted the proposal.

The ruling by U.S. District Judge George O'Toole in Boston pushes back a midnight deadline set by the Trump administration, which has been pressuring federal employees to leave their jobs in an unprecedented effort to reform the federal government.

O'Toole could decide to further delay the buyout or block it on a more permanent basis when he next considers the unions' legal challenge at a Feb. 10 hearing.

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Earlier, on February 5, it was reported that the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) offered all of its employees the opportunity to resign with cash bonuses equal to eight months' pay. According to officials, this is an attempt to align the agency with US President Donald Trump's priorities, including fighting drug cartels and shrinking the federal government.

Also on this day, Bloomberg reported that already more than 20,000 US officials (about 1% of the country's federal officials) have agreed to an offer to quit in exchange for a delayed layoff that would allow them to continue paying their salaries until the end of September.

On January 30, CBS News reported that the Trump administration has demanded that some high-ranking members of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) submit their resignations or retire. In case the demand is not fulfilled, the officials will be forcibly dismissed, specified the interlocutors of the publication.

Before that, on January 28, it was reported that the US Department of Justice fired more than a dozen employees involved in cases against US President Donald Trump. The dismissal of employees who worked in the team of special prosecutor Jack Smith is in line with the administration's "determination to purge the government of employees it considers disloyal to the President".

On January 20, Trump's team demanded the resignation of dozens of senior State Department diplomats in order to demonstrate a "decisive break" with the outgoing administration of current U.S. President Joe Biden. It is noted that American diplomats, including US Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs John Bass and Assistant Secretary of State for Energy Jeffrey Pyatt, will leave their posts from noon on Monday after receiving instructions from Trump's aides.