A judge temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s buyout offer to federal civilian employees from taking effect Thursday, hours before the deadline the administration set for more than 2 million employees to decide whether to take resignation packages with pay through September.

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A federal judge has temporarily blocked the deadline for federal employees to accept President Trump's proposed "buyout" offer until at least Monday. This offer wasn't approved by Congress and unions are warning workers not to take the deal.