Where Things Stand
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Birthright citizenship: A federal judge blocked the Trump administration from enforcing a contentious executive order ending birthright citizenship after certifying a challenge by the A.C.L.U. as a class action, effectively the only way he could impose such a far-reaching limit after a Supreme Court ruling last month. The Trump administration has fought to end the longstanding guarantee that virtually everyone born in the United States is a citizen, regardless of their parents’ legal status. Read more ›
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Ukraine war: Secretary of State Marco Rubio relayed Mr. Trump’s frustration with Russia and the lack of progress in peace talks on Ukraine during a meeting with Russia’s foreign minister, Sergey V. Lavrov. The meeting, on the sidelines of a gathering of Asian diplomats in Malaysia, came after Mr. Trump stepped up his criticism of Russia’s president, Vladimir V. Putin. Read more ›
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Whistle-blower: In an interview with The New York Times, a former Justice Department lawyer, Erez Reuveni, accused the Trump administration of “thumbing its nose at the courts,” saying his former colleagues were being forced to choose between the president’s agenda and their ethical obligations as attorneys. Read more ›
A federal judge on Thursday blocked the Trump administration from enforcing a contentious executive order ending birthright citizenship after certifying a lawsuit as a class action, effectively the only way he could impose such a far-reaching limit after a Supreme Court ruling last month.
Ruling from the bench, Judge Joseph N. Laplante of the U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire said his decision applied nationwide to babies who would have been subject to the executive order, which included the children of undocumented parents and those born to academics in the United States on student visas, on or after Feb. 20.
