President Trump is back in Washington, pursuing major policy changes on his own terms.

We know from the past that means challenging precedent, busting norms, and pushing against the status quo.

NPR is covering it all with Trump's terms, a podcast where we curate stories about the 47th president with the focus on how he is upending the way Washington works.

Listen to Trump's terms from NPR.

Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Dave Mattingly.

A federal judge is temporarily blocking the Trump administration from offering deferred

resignations to federal employees.

The decision from U.S. District Judge George O'Toole Jr. came hours before a deadline for federal workers to decide whether to accept the offer.

It's been pushed back to at least Monday afternoon.

Ahead of the ruling, more than 60,000 federal employees had accepted.

It's been part of President Trump's

effort to slash spending by the federal government. Later today in Massachusetts, a federal

judge will be examining President Trump's executive order, blocking birthright citizenship

for children of those who are in the U.S. without legal status. 18een states are challenging the president's order in federal court in Boston.

This week, judges in Maryland and Washington State blocked the order in separate legal challenges.

The Senate has confirmed President Trump's nominee to lead the Office of Management and Budget.

As NPR's Osmic Hollid reports, Russell vote was confirmed on a party-line vote of 53 and budget. As NPR's Os McHollad reports, Russell Vote was confirmed on a party

line vote of 53 to 47. Vote was a chief architect of the conservative agenda known as Project

2025, which outlined ways to expand presidential power. During Trump's first term, vote tried to

reshape the civil service by creating a new class of federal workers who would be loyal to the president rather than the agency they work for.

He's also a supporter of what's known as impoundment.

That's when our president essentially holds back money that Congress has already approved for a specific purpose.

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