Live updates: Judge halts Trump's birthright order; Abrego Garcia case returns to court

Almost two weeks after the Supreme Court allowed President Trump's birthright citizenship order to partially go into effect, a judge has blocked it in line with that order.

U.S. District Judge Joseph Laplante agreed to certify a class-action lawsuit on behalf of any children whose citizenship status would be at risk if Trump’s order went into effect.

The case of mistakenly deported Maryland resident Kilmar Abrego Garcia returns to court Thursday. A government witness will testify on the administration’s plans for Abrego Garcia, should he be released from criminal custody in next week. The Trump administration has suggested it would attempt to deport him to a country other than El Salvador.

Congress is closing in on endorsing a sanctions bill against Russia, which pummeled Ukraine overnight Thursday. Amid that, Secretary of State Marco Rubio met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Malaysia on the sidelines of an Asian nation summit.

Trump has no publicly scheduled events Thursday. The president and first lady are expected to travel Friday to Texas to witness the devastation brought in Fourth of July flooding that killed at least 118 people. More than 150 others remain missing.

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