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 a 6-3 decision along ideological lines, the Supreme Court paused a lower court order that had reinstated 1,400 Education Department employees laid off by the Trump's administration.

Education Secretary Linda McMahon is expected to move quickly now that the Supreme Court has cleared the way for the Trump administration to continue unwinding her department.

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

The Supreme Court on Monday granted the Trump administration’s request to temporarily pause an order by a federal judge in Massachusetts that would require the Department of Education to reinstate […]

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.”

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.