Trump 2nd term updates: Trump attends the Super Bowl

Less than 12 hours after a federal judge in Seattle issued a nationwide injunction blocking President Donald Trump’s executive order on birthright citizenship, the Department of Justice filed paperwork signaling its intent to appeal the order to a higher court.

Lawyers with the DOJ filed a notice of appeal in the Western District of Washington, fulfilling Trump’s vow to challenge the order.

"Obviously, we will appeal it," Trump said in the Oval Office last month. "There's no surprises with that judge."

The filing puts the Trump administration on track to bring the case to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, the country’s largest federal appellate court spanning from Arizona to Washington.

The Ninth Circuit has a reputation as a bastion of liberal jurisprudence – frequently blocking the policies of Republican presidents – that Trump attempted to reshape during his first term by adding 10 conservative judges to the San Francisco-based court.

-ABC News' Laura Romero and Peter Charalambous

The Senate confirmed Russell Vought to be the director of the Office of Management and Budget on Thursday on a party-line vote of 53-47.

All Republicans supported the nomination, while every Democrat opposed it, packing out the Senate chamber for the vote.

-ABC News' Allison Pecorin and Isabella Murray

President Donald Trump signed an executive order to impose sanctions on the International Criminal Court, claiming the court has "engaged in illegitimate and baseless actions targeting America and our close ally Israel."

"The United States will impose tangible and significant consequences on those responsible for the ICC's transgressions, some of which may include the blocking of property and assets, as well as the suspension of entry into the United States of ICC officials, employees, and agents, as well as their immediate family members, as their entry into our Nation would be detrimental to the interests of the United States," the order said.

-ABC News' Hannah Demissie

The White House has released Trump's executive order on protecting religious freedoms and the end of alleged anti-Christian weaponization in the government, which he signed Thursday afternoon.

The order claimed the Biden administration "engaged in an egregious pattern of targeting peaceful Christians, while ignoring violent, anti-Christian offenses."

It also said the Trump administration "will not tolerate anti-Christian weaponization of government or unlawful conduct targeting Christians." The executive order also establishes a task force to eradicate alleged anti-Christian bias.

-ABC News' Hannah Demissie