Here’s what we know about the deferred resignation program offered to federal employees by the Trump administration.

OPM is required to notify all employees who received an initial "deferred resignation" offer by Thursday evening that the deadline for accepting the legally dubious offer has been pushed until Monday.

The White House has said more than 40,000 federal workers have applied to leave in return for being paid until Sept. 30.

A federal judge paused Thursday’s deadline for federal employees to accept the Trump administration’s deferred resignation offer while more proceedings on the program’s legality play out.

The FAA has previously said it is 3,000 controllers behind staffing targets. A union representing controllers said there are about 10,800 certified controllers -- about the same a

The offer sent to federal employees by the Trump administration encouraging them to resign from their jobs is not applicable to air traffic controllers.