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US SC allows Trump to resume mass federal layoffs

New York, July 9 (UNI) The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday lifted a lower court order that had blocked President Donald Trump's executive order requiring government agencies to lay off hundreds of thousands of federal employees.
"Because the government is likely to succeed on its argument that the executive order and memorandum are lawful ... we grant the application," the court wrote in its brief order. "We express no view on the legality of any agency RIF (large-scale reductions in force) and reorganization plan produced or approved pursuant to the executive order and memorandum."
In February, Trump detailed an extensive plan instructing agency heads to prepare for RIFs. Later that month, the administration issued an accompanying memorandum alleging that the federal government is "costly, inefficient and deeply in debt" and blaming that inefficiency on "unproductive and unnecessary programs that benefit radical interest groups."
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