Russia's Defence Ministry said on Friday that its forces had taken control of the strategic coal-mining city of Toretsk in eastern Ukraine, but Ukraine's military denied the city had been captured and reported heavy fighting in and around it.

A federal judge in Boston says he will take under advisement a request from 18 states to block President Donald Trump’s executive order ending birthright citizenship for the children of parents who are in the U.

The Justice Department argued that the 14th amendment has been misinterpreted by the Supreme Court and doesn’t grant birthright citizenship to children of people who are unlawfully present.

For a second day in a row a federal judge has blocked President Trump's executive order attempting to limit birthright citizenship. The Morning Joe panel discusses.