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Big win for Trump on lone federal judges blocking his executive orders

# The US Supreme Court handed President Donald Trump a major victory by curbing the power of lone federal judges to block executive actions. The court said nationwide injunctions issued by district court judges likely exceed the authority that Congress has granted to federal courts. The top court did not immediately rule on the constitutionality of Trump’s executive order seeking to end automatic citizenship for children born on American soil. But the broader decision will remove a big roadblock to Trump’s often highly controversial orders and reaffirm the White House’s power.