A federal judge on Friday seemed likely to extend his earlier block on the Trump administration's freeze on federal grants and other financial assistance, suggesting the broad initiative was beyond the powers of federal agencies.

The Trump administration is planning to disband the governing board that oversees the U.S. Postal Service and place the agency under the control of his administration. According to reports from The Washington Post and the Wall Street Journal,

President Donald Trump’s Ukraine envoy called Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy an “embattled and courageous leader” on Friday — striking a very different tone on the leader that Trump called a “dictator without elections” just earlier this week.

A Kyiv official says a news conference after talks between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and President Donald Trump’s Ukraine envoy was canceled Thursday at the request of the U.S. The scheduled comments to the media by Zelenskyy and retired U.

The Republican-led Senate is expected to vote Thursday on the confirmation of Kash Patel, President Donald Trump’s controversial pick to lead the FBI. Democrats argue that the Trump loyalist is unfit to lead the nation’s premier law enforcement agency and would use the post to target Trump’s enemies.