Judge Susan Illston in San Francisco issued the emergency order in a lawsuit filed by labor unions and cities last week, one of multiple legal challenges to Republican President Donald Trump’s efforts to shrink the size of a federal government he calls bloated and expensive.

President Donald Trump's administration must temporarily halt efforts to implement a February 26 executive order that directed government agencies to develop reorganization plans and to prepare for large-scale staffing cuts,

President Donald Trump’s administration changed the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s acting administrator tasked with disaster response.

Pressed during a May 7 committee hearing about abolishing FEMA, acting administrator Cameron Hamilton said he opposes it. He was ousted the next day.

President Donald Trump has not ruled out using military force to take Greenland but appears to be exploring every other option available.

The prospect of American annexation has reinvigorated ties between the island and Copenhagen, though aspirations for independence persist.

The Trump administration continues to seek out practical—and creative—avenues to bring Greenland into America’s geopolitical orbit, despite repeated Danish rejections. Sources speaking to Reuters have revealed that White House officials are exploring a Compact of Free Association with the Danish territory,