Latest departures in Trump administration’s deferred resignation program come as Congress faces government shutdown deadline – key US politics stories from Sunday 28 September

Federal workers say they have little choice but to depart, with 100,000 leaving under deferred resignation program

The White House last week told federal agencies to begin preparing for mass firings if Congress does not pass a deal to avert a government shutdown.

Latest departures in Trump administration’s deferred resignation program come as Congress faces government shutdown deadline – key US politics stories from Sunday 28 September

About 150,000 workers took the Trump administration’s resignation deal. The mass resignation is in stark contrast to white-collar employees “job-hugging."

“We don’t want it to shut down,” Trump said at the White House before the midnight deadline, but he was unable to strike a deal.