Supreme Court, Trump and Layoffs
Digest more
Live updates and the latest news as President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump tour the Texas flood devastation and the State Department begins laying employees.
The Supreme Court allowed President Donald Trump to launch mass layoffs. The death toll from floods in Central Texas could surpass 200 people.
The State Department is trimming back the overall scope of its layoffs, compared to what it told Congress last month, with fewer cuts to the Foreign Service.
A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to bring back the workers, but they remain effectively on leave.