The US government head count grew to its highest level in any non-census year since World War II in January, according to new figures released Friday, as President Donald Trump took office looking to cut one in 10 federal employees.

Elon Musk’s “Fork in the Road” email offering 2.3 million federal civil servants a “deferred resignation” through September set off a number of legal questions this country has never been forced to consider,

Musk is offering an unprecedented—and uncertain—financial incentive for federal workers to resign, as part of Trump's plan to restructure the “deep state.”