Millions of U.S. government employees face a Thursday deadline to decide whether to accept a buyout offer from the Trump administration or remain in their position. Those who choose to stay may still risk being laid off.

Fearful U.S. government workers wrestled ahead of a Thursday deadline with whether to accept a "buyout offer" from the Trump administration, which has warned that those who don't take it could be fired in a massive downsizing of many federal agencies.

Office of Personnel Management has warned that employees who do not take the deal may face layoffs, restructurings, or reductions in force.

Unions representing many of the nation’s 2.3 million federal workers charge that the administration’s “unprecedented offer” violates the law.

Elon Musk has declared war on the bureaucracy. And as a Thursday deadline nears for federal employees to take a "buyout," he is looking to demoralize and wear down his enemy. Across the government, officials in President Donald Trump’s administration have fired off message after message pushing staff to accept the deferred resignation program,