Business Insider spoke with 16 federal workers after the Supreme Court decision that will allow federal staff cuts to continue.

The White House has called the sweeping tax and spending package dubbed the One Big Beautiful Bill a win for workers, families and America’s future, but some state lawmakers say the cuts will hurt Illinois’ most vulnerable residents and have ripple effects on other areas of the economy.

Granting a preliminary injunction last month, U.S. District Judge James Donato said that unions have demonstrated they can likely prove at trial that Trump's executive order chills protected speech.

The Trump administration is pressing ahead with an unprecedented overhaul of its diplomatic corps, a move critics say will undermine ability to defend and promote U.S. interests abroad.

Immigrant advocacy groups filed the lawsuit last week accusing the administration of systematically targeting brown-skinned people in Southern California during its ongoing immigration crackdown.

President Donald Trump announced a 50% tariff to punish Brazil. What else to know: Trump released another flurry of tariff threat letters. And he praised the “good English” of the leader of Liberia, where English is the official language. Federal workers fear Trump will fire them following a Supreme Court ruling.

Federal employees in Maryland anxiously await the Supreme Court’s decision on whether the Trump administration will be allowed to proceed with firing thousands of federal government workers.

Trump extended a federal hiring freeze until Oct. 15, with exceptions for the military, immigration enforcement and national security.