Two days after US federal workers were presented with a deferred resignation offer, the Transportation Security Administration clarified to its tens of thousands of employees that they weren’t allowed to participate.

Musk is offering an unprecedented—and uncertain—financial incentive for federal workers to resign, as part of Trump's plan to restructure the “deep state.”

A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration's proposal to federal employees to take government buyouts until a hearing can be held on Monday.