President Trump moved Thursday to cut down on the tsunami of legal challenges filed against him so far by ordering his government to demand challengers put up collateral if they want to sue.

President Trump will make his move to begin dismantling the Department of Education any day now, according to White House sources, though political and policy hurdles stand in his way.

A federal judge on Thursday gave the Trump administration until Monday to pay nearly $2 billion in debts to partners of the U.S. Agency for International Development and the State Department, thawing the administration's six-week funding freeze on all foreign assistance.

The move comes a day after the president carved out exemptions for auto manufacturers and amid Wall Street turmoil over the tariffs that have wiped out months of gains.

President Trump on Thursday said tech billionaire Elon Musk is preparing to launch a SpaceX ship in two weeks to return NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams to Earth from the International Space Station.