A divided US Supreme Court let President Donald Trump resume dismantling the Department of Education, lifting a lower court order that required the reinstatement of as many as 1,400 workers.

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.

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson accused her colleagues of letting Trump take a "wrecking ball" to the federal government.