The Trump administration is gearing up for sweeping cuts of federal employees, putting those who don’t take its buyout deal at risk of being laid off, according to reports. The culls are being referred to internally as “Reductions in Force,

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Over 20,000 U.S. federal employees, roughly 1% of the government workforce, have signed up for an offer to quit their jobs, a source said on Tuesday, in return for continuing to receive their salaries through the end of September.