A federal judge on Tuesday temporarily blocked the White House from enacting a sweeping pause on federal grants and loans as President Donald Trump looks to ensure all federal spending aligns with his recently signed executive orders.

A federal judge in Maryland on Wednesday became the second one nationally to block Donald Trump's administration from implementing the Republican president's executive order aimed at curtailing birthright citizenship in the United States.

Wednesday’s injunction is the second to be issued against the executive order attempting to end the practice of birthright citizenship.

A US federal judge in Seattle on Thursday accused President Donald Trump of ignoring the rule of law for political and personal gain. This is as he declared an executive order that the Republican president signed seeking to curtail birthright citizenship to be unconstitutional.

A federal judge has blocked Trump's attempt to restrict birthright citizenship in a blow to the president's bid to end a right enshrined in the Constitution.