Around 75,000 workers have reportedly taken the offer so far. That represents about 3% of those who were offered the deal—a large job cut by any measure, but short of the White House’s reported goal of slashing between 5% and 10% of the federal workforce through buyouts.

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

Tens of thousands of U.S. civil servants were cleared to take a buyout from Donald Trump's administration on Wednesday after a federal judge ruled the unprecedented downsizing effort could proceed. About 75,