The Trump administration took the case to the Supreme Court after an appeals court prevented the president from firing Hampton Dellinger, the head of the Office of Special Counsel.

The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday handed President Donald Trump at least a temporary loss when the justices declined to hear an emergency appeal to fire the leader of an independent watchdog agency.

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Friday that Special Counsel Hampton Dellinger of the U.S. Office of Special Counsel will be