Odaily News According to Semafor, a U.S. financial media, U.S. State Department employees are preparing for large-scale layoffs that may start this Friday local time after the U.S. Supreme Court paved the way for the Trump administration to advance its agency restructuring and streamlining plan. On Tuesday, the Supreme Court overturned the lower court's ruling that blocked the original layoff plan, and the scale of the layoffs may reach thousands of people. According to multiple sources, the U.S. State Department has anticipated this ruling and is preparing to start the "mandatory layoff" notification process this week, but the specific timetable is still uncertain. While waiting for the Supreme Court's ruling, the U.S. State Department has begun preparing for a broader restructuring plan: last month, the department asked civil servants to submit updated resumes and updated the "Foreign Affairs Manual" to adapt to the needs of the restructuring.