U.S. District Judge Trevor McFadden, a Trump nominee, denied a request to block the administration from canceling $65 million in contracts between the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and the State Department's U.S. Refugee Admissions Program, determining the court lacked jurisdiction to intervene.

Irish Prime Minister Micheál Martin faces a diplomatic balancing act during talks with Donald Trump on Wednesday, with Ireland among the countries most vulnerable to the U.S. president's economic plans.