Court orders and Congress’s Ukraine plans may show judges checking the White House first

Lawmakers in both parties said they will try to pass legislation to force the Trump administration to restore support for Ukraine, Roll Call reported; no bill has passed, and the White House said there had been no changes to intelligence sharing, the BBC reported. Earlier this month, two federal judges issued orders against the administration over taxpayer-funded pro-Trump TV ads and a White House media ban. Read together, they may show courts acting first as checks on the White House.

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