WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s administration on Monday renewed its request for the Supreme Court to clear the way for plans to downsize the federal workforce, while a lawsuit filed by labor unions and cities proceeds.

Trump is asking the Supreme Court to let his executive order enabling mass federal layoffs proceed, after lower courts blocked the plan.

In an emergency filing, the Justice Department said the court should lift a federal judge's order pausing mass federal layoffs and ending programs.

China on Monday accused the United States of breaching the 90-day trade truce agreed by the world’s two largest economies, after President Donald Trump said it was Beijing that had “totally violated” the agreement.

Wall Street's main indexes were mixed on Monday after President Donald Trump said he plans to double tariffs on imported steel and aluminum, fueling more uncertainty around U.S. trade policies. Trump said late on Friday he planned to increase tariffs on imported steel and aluminum to 50% from 25% starting Wednesday,

U.S. stock futures are lower after President Donald Trump announced plans to double tariffs on imported steel and aluminum.

President Donald Trump is using his love of tariffs to threaten high-profile American companies. Over the past month, Trump has said he’d like to target two specific and very different companies – Apple and Mattel – with tariffs aimed at their key products over comments by their CEOs.

President Trump wants the Senate to slash taxes even more than the House-passed bill - and get the whole thing to his desk for signature by July 4.