Federal workers in limbo. For Marketplace, I'm Novosafo and for David Brancaccio.

Federal workers now have a little more time to decide if they want to leave their jobs.

A judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration's buyout program

and schedule the hearing for Monday to consider arguments from the Trump administration and workers' unions.

Marketplaces Nancy Marshall-Genzor has more.

Unions for federal workers filed a lawsuit earlier this week against the buyout program.

They say it's illegal and also unclear how the Trump administration would pay for it since,

quote, the funds to do so have not been appropriated.

The Trump buyout offer promises that federal workers who resign will still get all their

pay and benefits until September 30th. The Office of Personnel Management extended the

deadline for the offer to Monday just before midnight to comply with the judge's order. But the White

House is continuing to encourage workers to accept the buyout offer,

and in a post on X, OPM insists the buyout is not blocked or canceled,

adding that the government will honor it.

I'm Nancy Marshall Genser for Marketplace.

A new bank rate study says 84% of Americans spend money on a common vice, including

alcohol, tobacco, and gambling.

There's a generational divide over which vice you might indulge in.

Here's Marketplace is Kaylee Wells.

Alcohol is the top choice for every generation, but it's most popular among older generations and folks with a higher income.

Senior research fellow Christine McDaniel at George Mason University's Mercatus Center says those two stats are related.

There's a bit of an income effect there. Older people tend to be more financially stable, but also just cultural.

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