IRS Workers in Limbo Amid Supreme Court Ruling on Firings

July 11, 2025, 8:45 AM UTC

The Trump administration’s plan was to always shrink the IRS, and this week’s Supreme Court ruling gives them the green light to push ahead, at least for now.

The high court on Tuesday paused the last remaining injunction blocking 19 federal agencies from cutting workers.

While some agencies have pulled back from massive layoffs, IRS workers are still in limbo over their future. Neither the Treasury Department nor the IRS responded to a request for ...

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