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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Jem Bartholomew

First Thing: Trump moves to gut government by offering to buy out 3m federal workers

Donald Trump
The American Federation of Government Employees denounced Donald Trump’s latest move. Photograph: REX/Shutterstock

Good morning.

The Trump administration has offered buyouts to almost all of the roughly 3 million people who work for the US government if they leave their jobs by 6 February in exchange for seven months’ salary, as the White House attempts to gut the civil service.

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