A federal judge has blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order to dismantle the Education Department and ordered the agency to reinstate employees who were fired in mass layoffs.

The ruling, which the administration is expected to appeal, said the agency must reinstate employees who were fired.

The federal judge also told the administration to reinstate department employees who lost their jobs during the reduction-in-force announced in March.

One of the thorniest issues in negotiations had been how much to raise the state and local tax deduction, now capped at $10,000. That’s been a priority of New York lawmakers. Th

Donald Trump visited Capitol Hill to strong-arm Republicans in the House of Representatives into supporting a budget-reconciliation bill. Afterwards Mike Johnson, the House speaker, struck a tentative deal with moderate Republicans in blue states to raise a cap on a deduction taxpayers can make to federal income tax for having paid state and local taxes.

President Donald Trump will host a private dinner for the first 220 holders of his cryptocurrency meme coin "TRUMP" on Thursday

President Trump will have dinner Thursday with the biggest backers of his private cryptocurrency. The top 25 holders are invited to a private VIP reception with Mr. Trump. It has raised concerns over conflicts of interest.

Top holders of the $TRUMP coin are set to attend a dinner with President Trump, raising questions over the money spent to gain access. The White House says Trump is abiding by all conflict of interest laws.

The exchange came after President Trump showed the South African delegation videos and articles pushing his genocide claims. The South African leaders let Trump know the people in the video are part of an opposition party and don't represent the government.

JOHANNESBURG -South Africans praised President Cyril Ramaphosa on Thursday for keeping his cool amid U.S. President Donald Trump's false claims of a white genocide in their country, but wondered why their leader had made the trip to Washington.

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa came to Washington to reset the country’s trade relationship with America as tensions escalated over Trump’s focus on White Afrikaners.