President Donald Trump is ending collective bargaining with federal labor unions in agencies with national security missions across the federal government, citing authority granted him under a 1978 law.

Thousands of federal workers may lose the right to unionize after President Donald Trump signed an executive order that would ban employees in several departments and agencies from doing so.

The administration is trying to use a national security exemption to eliminate union rights for hundreds of thousands of workers.

A U.S. judge on Friday said he is inclined to temporarily block Republican President Donald Trump's administration from enforcing his order targeting prominent Washington law firm WilmerHale over its work for Democrats and its connection to a special counsel who investigated him.

Two law firms targeted by President Donald Trump’s executive orders – Jenner & Block and Wilmer Hale – filed lawsuits Friday as the legal industry continues to grapple with the unprecedented attacks from the White House.