Judge blocks part of Trump's plan to build border wall

Judge Haywood Gilliam of U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, who is overseeing a pair of adjacent lawsuits filed against the administration, wrote that the administration’s efforts likely overstep the president’s statutory authority.

The legal challenges were filed shortly after Trump declared a national emergency along the southwest border with Mexico in February.

The move by the president followed a two-month standoff with Congress over funding to build a long-promised barrier wall there.