Seattle judge blocks Trump’s ban nationwide

A US judge has brought to a halt President Donald Trump’s controversial ban on seven predominately Muslim countries. A federal judge in Seattle has issued the nationwide temporary restraining order following requests from the states of Washington and Minnesota. The Seattle judge has also granted the states the right to sue the Trump administration over the ban they labeled as unconstitutional. Earlier on Friday, lawyers for the government argued the states don't have standing to challenge the president’s executive order. Elsewhere in Boston, a federal judge has ruled in favor of Trump’s government, declining to extend a partial block on the president’s order. The rulings come as representatives from the states of New York, Massachusetts, Virginia and Washington, who filed a lawsuit against Trump’s ban, attended the first court hearing.