The US Supreme Court has allowed Donald Trump’s administration to proceed with mass job cuts that could fundamentally reshape and downsize the federal government. The top court on Tuesday blocked a lower court order that had frozen cuts in federal staff nationwide, while the case moves through the appeals process.

The U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way on Tuesday for President Donald Trump's administration to resume carrying out mass job cuts and the restructuring of agencies, elements of his campaign to downsize and reshape the federal government.