Last week's sweeping State Department layoffs gutted some offices unexpectedly and forced staff to scramble, sources told CBS News.

If California's legal challenge can't stop the Trump administration from withholding funds, the Education Department said over 100 employees could be affected.

Other agencies are moving forward with RIFs and terminations, but official tells federal court some plans have changed.

Despite the lack of staffing, the Education Department's workload just grew. After President Trump signed his massive tax and spending bill into law, the agency was tasked with implementing two new loan repayment programs, as well as a complex system for holding colleges accountable.

With the change, the Trump administration has also backed away from a signature effort to stay ahead of China in the A.I. race. The U.S. government had been concerned that the Chinese military could use A.I. chips to coordinate attacks and develop weapons and had also wanted to preserve the U.S. lead in developing A.I. systems.

The Supreme Court's decision on July 14 has allowed the Trump administration to proceed with the dismissal of over 1,300 Department of Education employees.

One employee coordinated intelligence activities. Another worked to leverage U.S. energy interests abroad. And a third was an expert on strategic competition with China. They are just some of the more than 1,

Harvard University faces a billion-dollar hit as the Trump administration freezes $2.6 billion in research funds, hikes taxes on its endowment, and pushes a 15% cap on international student enrollment.

In an email Monday, a few dozen National Institutes of Environmental Health Sciences workers in Durham were told they would be out of jobs by the end of the day.

The National Education Association president called President Trump's plan to eliminate the Department of Education 'unlawful' despite a Supreme Court ruling allowing the cuts.