Judge blocks Trump effort to strip security clearance from attorney who represented whistleblowers

A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from enforcing a March presidential memorandum to revoke the security clearance of prominent Washington attorney Mark Zaid, ruling that the order — which also targeted 14 other individuals — could not be applied to him.

The decision marked the administration's second legal setback on Tuesday, after the Supreme Court declined to allow Trump to deploy National Guard troops in the Chicago area, capping a first year in office in which President Donald Trump's efforts to impose a sweeping agenda and pursue retribution against political adversaries have been repeatedly slowed by the courts...