A Supreme Court decision giving the Trump administration the greenlight to lay off tens of thousands of employees threatens to reshape the federal workforce amid a broader battle over whether the

Sources told CBS News that among those fired were paralegals who worked for Special Counsel Jack Smith's office, finance and support staff, and two additional Justice Department prosecutors in North Carolina and Florida.

The Supreme Court's conservatives said it was a federal judge in San Francisco, not President Trump, who exceeded her authority.

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.

The State Department began firing more than 1,350 U.S.-based employees on Friday as the administration of President Donald Trump presses ahead with an unprecedented overhaul of its diplomatic corps, a move critics say will undermine U.

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.

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

President Donald Trump’s megabill is now a megalaw with wide-reaching implications for many Americans. Trump has touted that his tax and spending law will boost the economy and put more money in people’s pockets, especially for hourly workers.