The Supreme Court on Tuesday cleared the way for the Trump administration to fire federal workers. The big picture: The decision, which lifts a federal judge's earlier order freezing the cuts, gives the administration power to resume its goal of reshaping and scaling back federal agencies.

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

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