Judge extends pause on ‘deferred-resignation’ offer

Updated: 6:21 p.m. ET.A federal judge on Monday extended his order blocking the Trump administration from implementing Trump and Elon Musk’s controversial “deferred resignations” program, just hours before the new deadline for federal workers to accept the offer by Monday night.U.S. District Judge George A. O’Toole Jr., a Clinton appointee in Massachusetts’ federal district court, previously paused the administration’s February 6 deadline for federal employees