A federal appeals court will allow the Trump administration to implement directives from the president cracking down on diversity, equity and inclusion programs, as an appeal of a ruling pausing those orders plays out.

The new populist president railed against the judiciary as they blocked his aggressive moves to restructure his country’s government and economy. This was in Mexico, where former President Andrés Manuel López Obrador eventually pushed through changes that required every judge in his country to be elected rather than appointed.

The Trump administration is upping financial pressure on Russia by letting a Biden-era short-term sanction waiver on Russian energy expire overnight. The decision comes as Trump administration officials are in Russia to try to secure a peace deal to end the war in Ukraine.