Trump 2nd term live updates: Dan Bongino named as deputy FBI director

Hampton Dellinger, the head of the Office of Special Counsel challenging his firing without cause by President Donald Trump, asked the Supreme Court to stay out of the case for now citing procedural grounds.

Dellinger asked the justices to allow the litigation to develop further before intervening in the separation-of-powers dispute, which has not been fully briefed by either side or adjudicated on the merits by any lower court.

Trump, by contrast, has asked for swift action by the Court to strike down a TRO blocking Dellinger's removal for 14 days saying it impedes his constitutional authority.

-- ABC News' Devin Dwyer

More than 900 former federal prosecutors, including former special counsel Jack Smith, penned a public letter Tuesday expressing solidarity with career officials who they say have properly stood up to the political demands by the top leadership of the Trump Justice Department.

"As prosecutors, we were rightly prohibited from making criminal charging decisions based on someone's political association, activities or beliefs, or because of our personal feelings about them," the prosecutors wrote in their letter.

-- ABC News' Alexander Mallin

The head of the FDA's food division, which helps ensure the country's food supply is safe, resigned Monday following what he called the "indiscriminate firing" of roughly 89 people, according to sources familiar with the matter.

Among those fired: staff working on nutrition and infant formula safety and staff hired to review potentially unsafe food ingredients, according to two sources with knowledge of the firings.

Jim Jones, deputy commissioner for human foods, explained his resignation in a letter to the agency's acting commissioner. A source confirmed the following excerpts to ABC News.

"I was looking forward to working to pursue the Department's agenda of improving the health of Americans by reducing diet-related chronic disease and risks from chemicals in food," Jones said. "It has been increasingly clear that with the Trump Administration's disdain for the very people necessary to implement your agenda, however, it would have been fruitless for me to continue in this role."

-ABC News' Rachel Scott and Katherine Faulders

As thousands of federal employees continue to be terminated, sources at NASA tell ABC News that 10% of its workforce has been laid off.

“NASA is complying with the guidance and direction provided by OPM. It’s premature to discuss the impact to our agency, at this time,” they said in a statement.

– ABC News’ Gina Sunseri