By John Kruzel, Nandita Bose and Tim ReidWASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday cleared the way for Donald Trump's administration to pursue mass government job cuts and the sweeping downsizing of numerous agencies,

A U.S. district judge in San Francisco had temporarily blocked large-scale federal layoffs known as "reductions in force."

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday cleared the way for President Donald Trump’s plans to downsize the federal workforce despite warnings that critical government services will be lost and hundreds of thousands of federal employees will be out of their jobs.