From 13h ago 20.47 BST Supreme court clears way for Trump to gut education department The supreme court has cleared the way for Donald Trump’s administration to resume dismantling the Department of Education, part of his effort to shrink the federal government’s role in education in favor of more state control. In the meantime, here are some of the day’s main developments: The supreme court cleared the way for the Trump administration to fire 1,400 Department of Education employees, as it continues to dismantle the agency. “Tariffs at about 100%,” Trump added, “you’d call them secondary tariffs, you know what that means.” No one knew what that meant. “Tariffs at about 100%,” Trump added, “you’d call them secondary tariffs, you know what that means.” Donald Trump’s puzzling comment on “secondary tariffs” on Monday. But a review of news archives for the past two decades suggests that only Trump has ever referred to secondary sanctions as “secondary tariffs”.