Anxiety Mounts as U.S. Government Workers Face Buyout Deadline

In interviews, federal employees expressed dread and uncertainty over the looming deadline to tell the Trump administration whether they’ll accept a buyout—or stay on the job.

Demonstrators react to a counter-demonstrator using a bullhorn during a protest against U.S.

The future of millions of federal workers was plunged into another day of chaos Thursday as they faced fresh uncertainty over an unprecedented program pushing financial incentives in exchange for quitting their jobs.

All they’d need to do, the Trump administration…