Another law firm, Skadden Arps, reached a deal with the president to avoid a similar directive. Jenner and WilmerHale are both firms that have ties to lawyers who were involved in former Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation during Trump's first term in office.

A blistering order from President Donald Trump accused the powerhouse firm of "obvious partisan representations." The firm calls it a presidential effort to silence opponents.

WilmerHale and Jenner & Block sued President Donald Trump's administration on Friday over his executive orders targeting the law firms, escalating a clash between the Republican president and a large swath of the legal profession.

Wisconsin Republicans including Sen. Ron Johnson, Reps. Derrick Van Orden and Tom Tiffany back efforts to limit federal judges' power to thwart Trump.

A prominent law firm targeted by President Donald Trump sued on Friday to block an executive order that threatens its federal contracts and the security clearances of its employees. Jenner & Block says the executive order,

A U.S. federal judge on Friday extended his temporary halt to President Donald Trump's use of a 200-year-old wartime law to expel alleged Venezuelan gang members, dealing a setback to the Republican president's push to speed up the deportations.

The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court Friday to lift lower court orders that stopped deportations of alleged Venezuelan gang members under the 1798 Alien Enemies Act.

A judge in Washington temporarily blocked key parts of Donald Trump's executive order targeting law firm Jenner & Block on Friday even as another firm, Skadden Arps, reached a deal with the Republican president to avoid a similar order.