10 for Today: Wednesday, Feb. 8

It is unclear which way the three judges of the San Francisco-based 9th Circuit Court of Appeals will rule , though legal experts say the states appear to have the edge. Sen. Elizabeth Warren is forbidden from speaking again on Sen. Sessions’ nomination as attorney general after running afoul of the chamber’s arcane rules by reading a three-decade-old letter from Dr. Martin Luther King’s widow.

U.S. judge temporarily blocks Trump’s travel ban nationwide

A U.S. judge on Friday imposed a nationwide hold on President Donald Trump’s ban on travellers and immigrants from seven predominantly Muslim countries, siding with two states that had challenged the executive order that has launched legal battles across the country. U.S. District Judge James Robart in Seattle ruled that Washington state and Minnesota had standing to challenge Trump’s order, which government lawyers disputed, and said they showed their case was likely to succeed.