US Supreme Court clears way for Trump to gut Education Department

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday sided with President Trump's administration, lifting a lower-court injunction to clear the way to implement sweeping workforce reductions at the Department of Education.

The injunction had required the reinstatement of nearly 1,400 employees dismissed in March as part of plans to dismantle the department.

The court's unsigned order enables the Education Department to dismiss almost 40 percent of its staff, as originally planned under an executive order aimed at returning key duties to other federal agencies like Health and Human Services.

Further legal challenges are continuing in lower courts.