WASHINGTON (AP) — An appeals court has removed the head of a federal watchdog agency in the latest twist in a legal fight over Republican President Donald Trump’s authority to fire the special counsel.

A federal appeals court on Wednesday allowed President Donald Trump to temporarily remove the head of an independent watchdog agency while the judges decide whether the president has the authority to fire him without cause.

A federal appeals court is allowing President Donald Trump to fire an official who investigates complaints from the federal workforce, lifting a lower court’s injunction that barred Trump from removing Special Counsel Hampton Dellinger.

The president’s true test will come as he has to move past executive orders.

Demonstrators took to the streets in Washington D.C. and New York ahead of President Donald Trump's address to a joint session of Congress.

With President Donald Trump set to address Congress on his first six weeks in office Tuesday (March 4), protests were organized in both New York City and Washington D.C.

Democrats were largely outraged by the decision, but even some Republicans voiced concerns that the move would only aid Russia.

President Donald Trump hopes to announce a minerals agreement with Ukraine on Tuesday night when he addresses Congress on his first six weeks in office, three sources said, a period in which he has stretched the limits of the presidency and upended U.

U.S. President Donald Trump has frozen military aid to Ukraine, just days after publicly confronting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy at the White House and accusing him of being insufficiently grateful for Washington's backing.

The producers of the hit Broadway musical “Hamilton” are canceling an upcoming run at the Kennedy Center over President Donald Trump’s hostile takeover of Washington’s premier cultural institution. The decision,

Producer Jeffrey Seller said "Hamilton" cannot "in good conscience" participate in the "new culture" of the Kennedy Center.

Producers of the Broadway musical “Hamilton” are canceling plans to perform at the Kennedy Center in Washington next year, pointing to President Trump’s “takeover” of the Washington, D.C., institution and drawing pushback from the new interim executive director.