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Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on Monday night offered employees the option to take one of three options to leave, including a buyout of up to $25,000.

In an email titled "Reshaping of the DHS workforce," Noem offered three voluntary routes for DHS employees to take advantage of if they wanted to leave the department. The email was obtained by ABC News.

The three initiatives are called the "workforce transition program," and the program has been approved for "immediate implementation."

The first is called the deferred resignation program, and it offers employees a "brief period of administrative leave" to complete "key tasks, submit retirement documentation and prepare for departure," according to the email.

The second is the early retirement program, which allows those eligible to retire early.

The final option is called the "Voluntary Separation Incentive Payment," according to the email.

"Often referred to as a 'buyout' this option offers a lump-sum payment of up to $25,000 (or an amount equal to severance pay) for employees in roles slated for voluntary departures," according to the email.

Noem said in the email that the department intends to provide "flexibility" for employees who "may be considering a change."

"If you believe any or all of these programs might be right for you, please watch for further announcements from your Component leadership or Human Resources office, where you will find more specific eligibility criteria, detailed instructions, and timelines. Your decision to apply for any of these programs will be due NLT 11:59 ET on April 14, 2025," the email said.

Law enforcement officers are generally exempt from the offers, Noem added.

Individual agencies have already started offering guidance about how the program applies to their workforce.

-ABC News' Luke Barr

The Supreme Court in a 5-4 decision Monday evening allowed Trump to resume deportations of alleged Venezuelan gang members under the Alien Enemies Act, but said detainees must be given due process to challenge their removal.

The unsigned per curiam opinion said a federal district court in Washington lacks the jurisdiction to address the matter, lifting a temporary restraining order issued by U.S. District Court Judge James Boasberg.

The migrants "claims fall within the core of the writ of habeas corpus and thus must be brought in habeas," the court said.

Four justices dissented: Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, Ketanji Brown Jackson and Amy Coney Barrett.

The court's majority made clear, however, that migrants removed under the AEA authority must be given notice and "afforded within a reasonable time and in such a manner as will allow them to actually seek habeas relief in the proper venue before such removal occurs."

Sotomayor, in a dissent joined by Kagan, Jackson and Barrett, called the decision "suspect" and without any "mention of the grave harm Plaintiffs will face if they are erroneously removed to El Salvador or regard for the Government’s attempts to subvert the judicial process throughout this litigation."

"The Government’s conduct in this litigation poses an extraordinary threat to the rule of law," Sotomayor writes. "That a majority of this Court now rewards the Government for its behavior with discretionary equitable relief is indefensible. We, as a Nation and a court of law, should be better than this. I respectfully dissent."

-ABC News’ Devin Dwyer

Trump announced that he will undergo his annual physical exam at Walter Reed Medical Center on Friday, adding that he’s “never felt better.”

“I am pleased to report that my long scheduled Annual Physical Examination will be done at Walter Reed Army Medical Center on Friday of this week. I have never felt better, but nevertheless, these things must be done!” Trump posted.

In January, Trump became the oldest American to be inaugurated at 78 years old. The most comprehensive details about his health were released in 2018 following his first physical during his first term. But not a lot is known about his health.

In the final weeks of the 2024 campaign, then-Vice President Kamala Harris sought to make Trump’s advanced age an issue, releasing details of her own medical history in hopes it brought greater scrutiny to the unknowns about Trump’s health.

-ABC News’ Fritz Farrow

Trump publicly urged House Republicans to support the Senate-approved budget blueprint Monday as several lawmakers continue to express opposition to the measure.

“THE HOUSE MUST PASS THIS BUDGET RESOLUTION, AND QUICKLY -- MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!” Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social.

House GOP leaders desperately need Trump’s help to flip several Republican holdouts on the bill, like Reps. Andy Harris, Chip Roy, Andy Ogles, Thomas Massie, Scott Perry, Lloyd Smucker and others. The House is expected to hold a vote on the budget resolution as early as Wednesday. Speaker Mike Johnson can afford to lose only three defections on the vote -- a fourth would tank the bill.

“The Budget Plan just passed by the United States Senate has my Complete and Total Endorsement and Support. All of the elements we need to secure the Border, enact Historic Spending Cuts, and make Tax Cuts PERMANENT, and much more, are strongly covered and represented in the Bill,” Trump argued.

-ABC News’ Lauren Peller