Supreme Court greenlights layoffs
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Federal agency leaders still face obstacles to implementing widespread layoffs, and some are even reversing course after the Supreme Court greenlit President Donald Trump‘s order to cut the public workforce.
A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to bring back the workers, but they remain effectively on leave.
The Trump administration can conduct mass federal firings without Congress' permission, the Supreme Court ruled
The department will begin issuing layoff notices to employees via email “in the coming days,” according to a staff memo obtained by The Washington Post.