The White House is scrutinizing layoff plans by federal agencies in an effort to limit further court challenges after the Supreme Court cleared the way for a sweeping downsizing of the government workforce,

The Supreme Court of the United States has issued a pivotal ruling that enables President Donald Trump to proceed with his extensive plan to overhaul the federal workforce. This decision, announced on Tuesday,

Plus, Medicaid and Affordable Care Act cuts in Donald Trump's domestic policy bill have rural hospitals considering what services they might have to cut.

Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor broke from her usual alliance with Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson by siding with the Trump administration to lift a judge’s order that paused the order to carry out mass layoffs across the federal bureaucracy.

The involuntary staff reductions include 1,107 civil service and 246 foreign service employees, according to a notice sent to employees Friday morning.

The State Department is laying off over 1,300 employees as part of a sweeping reorganization plan that Trump administration officials say will cut down on unwieldy bureaucracy and modernize the agency.