More than 40,000 federal workers take a buyout deal,
but the number risks falling short of the White House's cost saving target.
Plus,
US Lawmakers move to ban Deepseek on government owned devices
and a legal battle heats up around President Trump's move to end birthright citizenship.
To actually end birthright citizenship,
Trump would need to either amend the Constitution that's something that legal experts say would be very difficult.
Or the other option is to go to the Supreme Court
and asked the court to endorse his interpretation of the 14th Amendment.
And this second pathway is what the administration is banking on.
It's Thursday, February 6th.
I'm Luke Vargas for the Wall Street Journal, and here is the AM edition of what's news,
the top headlines and business stories moving your world today.
Today is the final day for American federal government workers to decide
whether to take a buyout offer from the Office of Personne
or opm,
part of a broader Trump administration effort to cut government spending.
The White House had said it expected between 5
and 10% of the about 2 million civilian federal employees to accept the deal.
However, with the deadline nearing, we report that number is closer to 40,000 workers, or roughly 2%, according to OPM.