I'm Nicole Fallert, Daily Briefing author. Guess how much a suite at Super Bowl 59 costs. Start the day smarter. Get all the news you need in your inbox each morning. As a buyout deadline arrives, many federal workers told USA TODAY that they don't trust promised severance pay and benefits will be delivered if they take the offer to leave their posts in the federal government.

US government employees have until the end of the day to make a million individual decisions that will collectively reshape the federal workforce.That “Fork in the Road” decision: Resign and continue to get paid through the end of September,

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President Trump's federal workforce reform presents employees with a stark choice, triggering a complex interplay of psychological principles shaping this challenging decision.