Trump turns to US Supreme Court to pursue government restructuring

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump looks on as Jerome Powell, his nominee to become chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve moves to the podium at the White House in Washington

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump’s administration on Friday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to lift a federal judge’s order to halt large-scale staffing cuts and the restructuring of agencies, part of his campaign to downsize and reshape the federal government.

(Reporting by John Kruzel; Editing by Will Dunham)