A third appellate court has upheld a block on President Donald Trump's executive order limiting birthright citizenship. The 1st Circuit Court of Appeals made the ruling Tuesday, denying a motion from Trump's legal team to immediately overturn a block issued by a federal judge in Massachusetts.

The court concluded that the executive order, which sought to alter birthright citizenship provisions, likely violated the Fourteenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. Consequen

Today, the First Circuit Court of Appeals declined to grant the Trump Administration's request to lift a nationwide injunction that has blocked Donald Trump's executive order redefining birthright citizenship from going into effect.

U.S. President Donald Trump plans to sign an executive order on Monday designed to empower state and local governments and citizens to handle disaster preparations and relief, a White House official said.

With D.C.'s government governed by the Constitution and the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, any Trump executive order will likely be challenged in court.