The Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed the Trump administration to oust two board members who oversee independent agencies, for now. Chief Justice John Roberts signed an order pausing a ruling from the federal appeals court in Washington that had temporarily restored the two women to their jobs.

The Supreme Court’s decision on whether Trump can remove the pair will test the boundaries of presidential power and have broad implications for other agencies.

Republican-led U.S. House of Representatives voted on Wednesday to curtail the ability of judges to issue nationwide injunctions blocking government policies after key parts of President Donald Trump's agenda have been stymied by such court rulings.

The legislation is part of an escalating Republican campaign to take aim at judges who have moved to halt some of President Trump’s executive orders.

A former Democratic commissioner of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed a lawsuit Wednesday challenging her dismissal by President Donald Trump, arguing her removal was a violation of th

President Donald Trump’s administration filed an emergency appeal at the Supreme Court on Wednesday seeking to dismiss board members at two independent federal labor agencies whom he had tried to fire.

The U.S. Supreme Court blocked on Tuesday a judge's order for President Donald Trump's administration to rehire thousands of fired employees, acting in one dispute over his efforts to slash the federal workforce and dismantle parts of the government.

A federal judge in California had ordered the Trump administration to rehire government employees fired as part of its efforts to slash the federal work force.