Trump's cornerstone economic policy faced another challenge as a federal appeals court ruled he did not have the authority under an emergency powers act to impose them.
The Education Department has cut off funding for campus-based child care at over a dozen colleges, objecting to child care providers teaching young children about gender and race.
The Trump administration's bid to remove Lisa Cook from the Federal Reserve board has been temporarily blocked by a federal judge, who expressed skepticism over the president's claims of misconduct.
The administration says it can cancel nearly $5 billion in international aid with or without approval from lawmakers under a little-tested theory called a "pocket rescission."