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Live from NPR News, I'm Lakshmi Singh. More than two million federal workers will get at least a few more days to decide whether they should take the Trump administration's deferred resignation offer under a federal judge's ruling in Boston today. The judge has pushed the midnight deadline to at least Monday. The court's directing the administration to notify employees by close of business today.
Under an order to end remote work arrangements and shrink government spending, the Office of Personnel Management offered 2.3 million workers the option of quitting now while retaining pay and benefits through September, although the pay timeline's in question since funding for most federal agencies expires in the middle of next month.
This morning, President Trump joined the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, where he talked about rooting out anti-Christian bias.
The president spoke about the need to bring religion back, and he specifically talked about plans for a task force to eradicate anti-Christian bias.
It's about time, isn't it, though, really? So many times you hear, but you don't hear the anti-Christian bias anymore.
Trump said the aim is to stop anti-Christian discrimination within the federal government.
The task force will work to fully prosecute anti-Christian violence and vandalism in our society and to move heaven and earth to defend the rights of Christians.
Trump also announced plans for a new presidential commission on religious liberty, but did not specify how that would protect religious minorities. Asma Khalid, NPR News.
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