U.S. District Judge John Coughenour, appointed by former President Ronald Reagan, signed the temporary restraining order on Thursday to block Trump’s action. Coughenour’s decision just days after a number of states, including New Jersey, sued the Trump administration over the move.

Some U.S. House Republicans in California are breaking with Speaker Mike Johnson over his suggestion that federal disaster aid be coupled with as-yet unspecified conditions on the wildfire-ravaged state.

Just hours after being sworn in, Trump pardoned more than 1,500 people charged with crimes in connection to the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol. Trump had repeatedly vowed to pardon the rioters who stormed the Capitol that day throughout his campaign, despite some of them being convicted of assaulting a police officer.

The option would include an agreement that ties together government funding, border money, disaster aid and a debt-limit hike.

Ex-presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy, Treasurer Robert Sprague, and Attorney General Dave Yost are each expected to launch campaigns soon.

Texas, on introducing a bill to end birthright citizenship in the U.S. and a Trump order seeking to end gain-of-function research on viruses.

Trump has worn his party down, and few events crystallize it like the GOP’s muted — and, in some cases, positive — response.

On Monday, just hours after taking the presidential oath of office, Donald Trump issued roughly 1,500 pardons and commuted the sentences of 14 of his supporters convicted of crimes related to the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

President Trump’s blizzard of executive orders during the first few days of his presidency has sent Republican lawmakers scrambling to make sense of what impact they’ll have on the country, and

Every major U.S. medical group, including the American Medical Association, has opposed the bans and said gender-affirming treatments can be medically necessary and are supported by evidence. Doctors, parents and young people have said such care reduces depression and suicidal thoughts in transgender youths.

WASHINGTON – The Senate on Thursday confirmed John Ratcliffe as CIA director, giving President Donald Trump the second member of his new Cabinet.