Trump acts to remove Federal Election Commission chair – as it happened

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Today is the deadline for federal workers to accept a buyout offer issued to employees by the Office of Personnel Management 28 January.

The Washington Post reports that more than 40,000 people had accepted the buyout offer as of Wednesday, 5 February. Confusion over how and if, in fact, it would actually be implemented persisted as the deadline approached. Elon Musk, who leads the unofficial government program Department of Government Efficiency" has touted the offer.