Trump 2nd term: ICE arrests 956 undocumented immigrants on Sunday

Eighteen states and the city of San Francisco filed a lawsuit challenging the president's executive order to cut off birthright citizenship Tuesday, calling it a "flagrantly unlawful attempt to strip hundreds of thousands American-born children of their citizenship based on their parentage."

The lawsuit accused Trump of seeking to eliminate a "well-established and longstanding Constitutional principle" by executive fiat.

A union representing thousands of federal employees also sued the Trump administration Monday evening over an executive order that makes it easier to fire career government employees, alleging the directive would violate the due process rights of its members.

"The Policy/Career Executive Order directs agencies to move numerous employees into a new excepted service category with the goal that many would then be fired," the lawsuit alleged.

Admiral Linda Fagan, who served as the Coast Guard Commandant and was the first woman to lead a U.S. armed forces branch, was "relieved of her duties" by Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Benjamine Huffman.

A source with knowledge of the decision said Fagan was fired in part because of her Diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) efforts in the Coast Guard.

"She has served a long and illustrious career and I thank her for her service," according to a memo to the workforce obtained by ABC News.

Admiral Kevin Lunday is now acting commandant.

Trump promised to go after who he called "woke" generals in the military during his 2024 campaign. His nominee for defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, has said he will follow through on that issue.

The Rt. Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde, during the prayer service at Washington National Cathedral, directed a message for President Donald Trump, who was seated in the front row.

"Let me make one final plea. Mr. President, millions have put their trust in you. And as you said, you have felt the providential hand of our loving God. In the name of our God, I ask you to have mercy upon the people in our country who are scared now," she said.

Budde said there are LGBTQ citizens of all political creeds who now 'fear for their lives." She also referenced migrants who may not be in the U.S. legally but are devoted neighbors, workers and parents.

"Our God teaches us that we are to be merciful to the stranger, for we were all once strangers in this land," she said.

"The vast majority of immigrants are not criminals...I ask you to have mercy, Mr. President, on those in our communities whose children fear that their parents will be taken away," she continued.

Rep. Elise Stefanik is facing senators for her confirmation hearing to be the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.

The ideological divide between Republicans and Democrats over the utility of global organizations has taken center stage. Stefanik zeroed in on reform.

"Our tax dollars should not be complicit in propping up entities that are counter to American interests, antisemitic or engaging in fraud, corruption, or terrorism," she said. "We must invest in programs to strengthen our national security and deliver results to increase the efficacy of U.N. programs. We must drive reform."

She also defended Trump's decision to withdraw from another global body: the World Health Organization.

"I support President Trump's decision to walk away from WHO," she said, arguing it had "failed on a global stage in the Covid pandemic for all the world to see, and instead spewed CCP talking points that I believe led to not only false information, but dangerous and deadly information across the globe."