Today is Wednesday, July 9th. We'll update you on President Trump's efforts to reshape the federal

government as another Supreme Court ruling gives him the go-ahead. Also, new severe flooding in New

Mexico as the search effort continues in Texas. Plus, how AI was used to impersonate a key

U.S. government official, why top tech companies are partnering with teachers unions,

and who is now represented by the latest Barbie doll. Those stories and even more news coming up.

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President Trump can get back to slashing the federal workforce. The U.S. Supreme Court gave him the go-ahead to continue with mass government layoffs as a response to his emergency request.

The decision reversed an earlier order

from a federal judge that put the cuts on pause. Now, to be clear, the justices did not rule on

whether any specific layoff plans for federal agencies were legal. They only considered whether

it was okay for President Trump to issue an executive order without input from Congress to shrink

the federal government.

And most justices agreed the order itself was legal. Justice Kintanji Brown Jackson disagreed,

though, calling it the wrong decision at the wrong moment, considering how much is at stake.

The ruling could lead to tens of thousands of job losses at the departments of state, treasury,

Veterans Affairs, and more. And federal programs and services could be canceled.

Keep in mind, lower courts will still be able to consider lawsuits against these mass

firings, but now that the firings aren't actually paused, some labor unions, advocacy groups,

and local governments have said there will be, quote, no way to unscramble the egg.

That critical government services will be lost, and once that happens, there won quote, no way to unscramble the egg. That critical government

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