A federal judge was skeptical at a hearing Wednesday of the Justice Department’s effort to sue all of Maryland’s federal court judges in a case testing the Trump administration’s effort to limit the power of the judiciary.

A judge is considering why it was necessary for the Trump administration to sue Maryland's entire federal bench over an order stopping the immediate deportation of immigrants challenging their removals.

U.S. President Donald Trump offered a veiled threat on Tuesday of a "major" lawsuit aimed at Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell in Trump's ongoing dispute over renovations of the central bank.