“Supreme Court Clears the Way for Trump’s Cuts to the Education Department; The move by the justices represents an expansion of executive power, allowing President Trump to dismantle the inner workings of a government department”: Abbie VanSickle of The New York Times has this report.

And Justin Jouvenal, Laura Meckler, and Danielle Douglas-Gabriel of The Washington Post report that “Supreme Court allows deep layoffs at Education Department for now; A lower-court ruling had prevented Trump officials from slashing more than a third of the Education Department’s more than 4,100 workers.”

You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. Supreme Court at this link.

“Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Rebecca Bradley raised no money for reelection through end of June”: Anna Kleiber of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has this report.

“Senate confirms Trump’s first judicial nominee of his second term”: Alex Swoyer of The Washington Times has this report.

Nate Raymond and Jack Queen of Reuters report that “Republican-led US Senate confirms Trump’s first second-term judicial nominee.”

Tiana Headley of Bloomberg Law reports that “First Trump Judicial Pick of New Term Confirmed to Sixth Circuit; Whitney Hermandorfer confirmed by Senate, 46-42; Led Tennessee AG’s strategic litigation unit.”

Hailey Fuchs of Politico reports that “Senate confirms first new judge of Trump’s second term; The president does not have as many judicial vacancies to fill as he did during his first term in office.”

And Benjamin S. Weiss of Courthouse News Service reports that “Senate confirms Sixth Circuit nominee Hermandorfer, first federal judge of Trump’s second term; Democrats warn the confirmation marks the beginning of the White House’s judicial agenda elevating federal court nominees who are loyal to Trump above all else.”