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A judge allows the Trump administration to move forward with its buyout offer for federal workers.

Plus, Arab states, led by Egypt, begin taking Trump's Gaza takeover plan seriously

as they race to draft an alternate proposal.

This has pushed Egypt to lead a diplomatic blitz for a plan to rebuild Gaza,

trying to squeeze out the political space for the now-dubbed

Riviera plan proposed by the Trump administration. And a potential sign of weakness in the

housing market as tens of thousands of homes are pulled from sale. It's Thursday, February 13th.

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.

The Trump administration's buyout plan for federal workers is back on. A federal judge in

Massachusetts lifted a freeze on the program yesterday, ruling that

labor unions seeking to posit lacked proper legal standing as they weren't directly affected.

A spokeswoman for the Office of Personnel Management, which extended the buyout offer to

more than two million federal workers, said the agency was pleased with the court's decision and that the program had closed at 7 p.m. yesterday.

According to an administration official, about 65,000 workers had opted to resign in connection with the program as of Tuesday.

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