Aaron Wiener

Agencies are scrambling to meet a return-to-office mandate, but it’s getting costly and chaotic. Workers are being matched with odd spaces, including a shuttered sandwich shop, a storage facility and a closet.

Nearly a third of the buildings eligible for disposal are in the D.C. area, including the headquarters of the Justice Department and Red Cross.

The Trump administration’s widespread lease terminations are leaving agencies scrambling and federal employees feeling whiplash.

A Trump administration memo gives agencies an April 14 deadline to submit “any proposed relocations of agency bureaus and offices from Washington, D.C. and the National Capital Region to less-costly parts of the country.”

A mass exodus? A sharp decline in home values? Viral social media posts claim D.C.’s housing market is collapsing amid federal job cuts, but it’s not true.

Some need to win a coin flip to use a desk. Others say they’re killing time when workstations aren’t available amid the administration’s return-to-office mandate.

A judge in Massachusetts paused a deadline to decide on whether to take the buyout, leaving some workers unsure of where their acceptance of the deal leaves them.

The administration set a deadline for Thursday at 11:59 p.m. Eastern for employees to decide on the offer. But a federal judge in Massachusetts paused the deadline until at least a hearing set for Monday at 2 p.m.

The clock is ticking for federal workers to comply with Trump’s directive to return to in-person work, but many say there simply isn’t enough space in their offices.

Trump administration and DC officials are aligned on redeveloping or tearing down obsolete federal buildings near The Mall to revitalize that area.