WASHINGTON − An ideologically divided Supreme Court on July 14 allowed the Trump administration to fire hundreds of workers from the Education Department and continue other efforts to dismantle the agency. The court's three liberal justices opposed the order, the latest win for President Donald Trump at the high court.

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a lower court's decision blocking President Donald Trump's push to end birthright citizenship nationwide.

A federal appeals court has ruled that President Donald Trump’s order seeking to end birthright citizenship is unconstitutional, affirming a lower-court decision that blocked its enforcement nationwide.

Since President Trump took office, the Justice Department has backed challenges to gun regulations. And it did not appeal a ruling against a federal age limit on handguns.

A divided Supreme Court has ruled that individual judges lack the authority to grant nationwide injunctions, but the decision leaves unclear the fate of President Donald Trump’s restrictions on birthright citizenship.

In its ruling, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said it agreed with an earlier federal court ruling that found the order to end birthright citizenship “unconstitutional.”