The Trump administration has received offers from more than 20,000 federal employees to quit in exchange for a financial incentive but the figure is rising ahead of a Thursday deadline, a source told Reuters on Tuesday.
Last week, the White House offered to allow 2 million civilian full-time federal workers to stop working as of this week and continue to get pay and benefits through Sept. 30 as part of plans to drastically shrink the size of the US government. Some Democrats say the offer is not legal.