Paulette Jiles, a horse-riding poet and historical novelist who evoked the grit and grandeur of the American West in “News of the World,” died at 82. A fossil of a young carnivorous dinosaur fetched over $30 million at Sotheby’s. The auction house had estimated its value at $4 million to $6 million.

In their decision allowing the Trump administration to dismantle the Department of Education, the justices didn’t offer one word of reasoning.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is moving ahead with a plan to cut 10,000 jobs after the Supreme Court lifted a pause on the layoffs.

The Supreme Court allowed Trump’s Education Dept. cuts. A top Trump adviser is emerging as the likely next Fed chair. Why it matters: Trump has been critical of Powell’s decision not to lower interest rates, and has indicated the next Fed chair will have to be more responsive to the president’s desires.

"The President must take care that the laws are faithfully executed, not set out to dismantle them," Sotomayor wrote.

The majority did not explain its decision in the brief, unsigned order. The court's three liberal justices opposed the order. Justice Sonia Sotomayor said the majority handed Trump the power to repeal laws passed by Congress “by firing all those necessary to carry them out.”