Around the Beltway: Upheaval city

🪧 Hundreds of people protested outside of the U.S. Treasury Department yesterday over Department of Government Efficiency staffers' efforts to gain access to Treasury's payment systems, which disperses funds to federal agencies.

• A group of House and Senate Democrats protesting were denied entry to the Treasury headquarters, marking the second time in two days that Dems have failed to gain access to a government agency targeted by Elon Musk's DOGE. (Axios)
• Several congressional Democrats were blocked Monday from entering USAID.

✔️ Roughly 20,000 federal workers have accepted the Trump administration's "buyout" offer, as tomorrow's deadline looms. That's about 1% of the federal workforce — lower than the 5% to 10% target — with many raising criticism and resistance. (Axios)

🖊️ FBI agents who participated in Trump-related investigations sued the Department of Justice yesterday over efforts to develop a list of employees involved in those inquiries, which could be used as a precursor to mass firings. (WTOP)

🍺 Need a drink? Leave it to a D.C. bar to get deferred resignation happy hour specials rolling for feds tomorrow.