A federal judge in Massachusetts put an indefinite stay on the administration’s deadline for workers to indicate whether they plan to leave the government.
The Theodore Roosevelt Federal Building headquarters of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management is seen on February 03, 2025 in Washington, DC. Elon Musk, tech billionaire and head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), and his aids have been given access to federal employee personal data and have allegedly locked out career civil servants from the OPM computer systems. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
President Donald Trump holds up a signed executive order in the Oval Office of the White House on Jan. 23, 2025 in Washington, D.C. Trump signed a range of executive orders pertaining to issues including artificial intelligence. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
The E. Barrett Prettyman United States Courthouse located at 333 Constitution Avenue NW in the Judiciary Square neighborhood of Washington, D.C. The building houses the United States District Court for the District of Columbia and the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (D.C. Circuit). (Flickr/AgnosticPreachersKid)
As the Trump administration targets a rumored shutdown of USAID, its website is taken offline and staff have lost access to their emails. And, after OPM sent…