Justices lifted pause on efforts to slash jobs at federal agencies, including the CDC and the Social Security Administration.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday cleared the way for President Donald Trump’s plans to downsize the federal workforce despite warnings that critical government services will be lost and hundreds of thousands of federal employees will be out of their jobs.

A U.S. district judge in San Francisco had temporarily blocked large-scale federal layoffs known as "reductions in force."