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Anderson Cooper 360

Federal Judge Lets Trump’s ‘Buyout’ Plan For Federal Employees Proceed

Anderson Cooper 360

CNN

News

4.13.7K Ratings

🗓️ 13 February 2025

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Tonight, a federal judge gave the Trump Administration a victory just hours after the White House railed against federal judges. CNN's Senior Justice Correspondent Evan Pérez has the breaking news. Plus, the President speaks with Russian President Vladimir Putin and says Ukraine has to make peace but does not say Ukraine will be an equal partner in deciding its own fate. Anderson discusses the new developments with Massachusetts Democratic Congressman Seth Moulton, a Marine Corps veteran and member of the House Armed Services Committee. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Tonight on 360, breaking news, a federal judge gives the Trump administration a victory

0:35.6

just hours after the White House railed against federal judges. Also, tonight the president speaks with Vladimir Putin,

0:41.2

says Ukraine has to make peace, but does not say Ukraine will be an equal partner deciding

0:45.9

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also help with too many ounces of alcohol. Good evening. Thanks for joining us.

0:55.4

We begin tonight with breaking news. A federal judge today handed the Trump administration a major win.

1:00.2

District Judge George O'Toole in Boston said he is allowing the administration to move forward

1:04.5

with its so-called worker buyout program for the moment. CNN7 Perez joins us now with more

1:09.3

details. So talk more about this ruling.

1:11.9

Well, Anderson, this is the first really big win for the Trump administration.

1:16.8

Dozens of lawsuits have been filed over a number of executive actions that the president

1:20.9

has taken in his first couple of weeks in office.

1:23.2

And here, the judge said that the unions who had sued the administration did not have standing.

1:29.3

Essentially, they did not have anything to lose in challenging this program.

1:35.3

Now, this is a program called a Deferred Resignation Plan, and it was offered to about 2 million federal employees.

1:43.3

What it does is it promises them that if they

1:46.0

resigned, the deadline was in the last few days, and actually the extended the land was tonight

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