The buyout is one of many approaches Trump is taking to slash a civilian workforce of 2.3 million that he has blasted as ineffective and biased against him.

About 75,000 federal employees have accepted President Donald Trump’s deferred resignation program, after more than 2 million federal civilian employees were offered buyouts in January.

A federal judge in Boston Wednesday is allowing the Trump administration to move forward with its federal worker buyout program for the moment.