In what President Trump calls "a clear victory for our national security," the Supreme Court says that parts of his revised travel ban can take effect.
The 9th Circuit largely upheld an injunction that blocks key portions of the president's revised travel ban from going into effect. The 4th Circuit upheld a similar injunction weeks ago.
A 13-judge panel in Virginia was one of several federal appeals courts hearing arguments over President Trump's executive order that would restrict travel from six majority-Muslim countries.
An executive order banning travel from six majority-Muslim countries has been blocked by multiple courts. A three-judge panel in Seattle heard arguments Monday over whether it should be reinstated.
The move on the National Day of Prayer is among the promises Trump made on the campaign trail that would blur government lines that divide church and state.
President Trump has called out the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, but the recent ruling on withholding federal grants was made by a single district court judge.
A medical residency program is the next training step for newly minted doctors, and awaiting "the match" can be tense. For some international students, Trump's travel ban has made that tension worse.
At a Nashville campaign rally, President Trump said he wished he had stood his ground and defended his original, much stricter executive order. His second travel ban was temporarily halted Wednesday.
The judge issued a temporary restraining order that prevented the president's revised executive order from taking effect at midnight and barring refugees and visitors from six mostly Muslim countries.
State Attorney General Bob Ferguson said Thursday he will ask the judge who stayed the first travel ban nationwide to extend that stay to the revised ban. Several other states are joining the lawsuit.