The federal judge who temporarily blocked President Donald Trump 's executive order denying U.S. citizenship to the children of parents living in the county illegally is a "tough" legal expert who made lawyers appearing before him "nervous," according to an attorney and former colleague.

Donald Trump's administration has reassigned about 20 senior career Justice Department attorneys, two sources familiar with the moves told Reuters, as the new president moves swiftly to shake up an arm of government that has long drawn his ire.

President Trump’s pardons in the Jan. 6 case abruptly ended the most complex investigation in U.S. history. It also raised questions about what he will do next against a department he has said is full of his enemies.

Donald Trump signed orders dealing with the border, criminal justice and the Biden administration. In many cases, he assigned work to the attorney general.

In a joint statement, Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown and 11 other states challenged a warning from the Department of Justice ordering state officials to comply​ with President Donald Trump's immigration initiatives or risk investigation.

Trump lost more than two-thirds of the lawsuits filed against his rules in his first term. His win rate of 31% was lower than that of the three administrations prior, according to an analysis by the Institute of Policy Integrity at the New York University School of Law.

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday that gives TikTok a 75-day extension during which the United States will not enforce the law meant to force the app’s owner to sell the company.

Speaker Mike Johnson said he doesn't question Trump's decision to pardon more than thousand people convicted in connection to the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, including some violent offenders. "The president's made his decision, I don't second guess those," Johnson said at a news conference alongside House Republican leadership.

Justice Department career officials were reassigned to advance Donald Trump's immigration agenda, an official familiar with the matter told USA TODAY.

See the full text transcript of Donald Trump's inaugural address after being sworn in as the 47th president of the United States.

Follow updates as President Donald Trump is in Miami ahead of a Republican policy conference and Cabinet nominees like Scott Bessent prepare for confirmaiton votes.

The United States, US, President-elect, Donald Trump would have been convicted for his alleged effort to overturn the 2020 election result if he lost the November 2023 presidential election. This was contained in a report by former Special Counsel Jack Smith of the Department of Justice which was released on Tuesday.