A federal judge temporarily blocked the Trump administration’s ability to use a sweeping wartime authority to quickly deport some migrants whom the US has accused of being affiliated with the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua.

WASHINGTON—During his first term, Republican President Donald Trump often boasted about the outsized number of conservative judges he placed on the U.S. Supreme Court and federal benches around the country.

A temporary restraining order against the Trump administration's efforts to shrink the size of the federal workforce will allow thousands of probationary employees