First Thing: Supreme court clears way for Trump to mass fire federal workers

Good morning. The US supreme court has cleared the way for the Trump administration to resume plans for mass firings of federal workers, which critics say could threaten important government services. Extending a winning streak for the US president, the justices yesterday lifted a lower court order that had frozen sweeping federal layoffs known as “reductions in force” while litigation in the case proceded. The decision could result in hundreds...