The Supreme Court on Monday gave President Trump the authority to dismantle the Education Department and to fire about half of its staff. In a 6-3 decision, the court's conservatives set aside a Boston judge's order and cleared the way for Education Secretary Linda McMahon to carry out her plans to shut down much of her department.

The Supreme Court on Monday lifted an injunction against the Trump administration's efforts to gut the Department of Education.The move allows the administration to proceed, for now, with mass firings that slashed nearly half of the agency's workforce in March as well as other actions,