Sen. Chuck Schumer said Sunday he has no plans to step aside as Senate minority leader as criticism of Schumer and of Democrats' ineffectiveness in combatting President Donald Trump's agenda continues.
Meanwhile, the Trump administration sent another group of migrants to Guantanamo Bay, alleging many are members of the Venezuelan gang Tren De Aragua, an official with knowledge of the flight told ABC News. But deportation flights of Venezuelans to El Salvador remain on hold while the administration fights a judge's order to curtail those flights while their legality is decided.
Trump on Friday announced a new F-47 fighter jet with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and signed a series of presidential actions before departing the White House for his golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey. The actions included one rescinding the security clearances of several former Biden officials and political opponents.
Trump continued his attacks against the judge who blocked his administration’s deportation flights of alleged Tren de Aragua gang members, this time calling him out by name.
Trump accused U.S. District Judge James Broasberg of trying to “usurp the Power of the Presidency” in a post on his Truth Social platform.
President Donald Trump arrives at a ceremony at the White House in Washington, Mar. 20, 2025.
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“He is a local, unknown Judge, a Grandstander, looking for publicity, and it cannot be for any other reason, because his “Rulings” are so ridiculous, and inept,” Trump said of the judge.
-ABC News’ Molly Nagle
Mar 20, 2025, 6:45 PM EDT
Threats against federal judges increase amid Trump administration legal battles
Amid the Trump administration’s ongoing legal battles, federal judges and their families are reporting an uptick of threats, according to the nonpartisan, nonprofit Center for Internet Security.
The sister of Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett, who cast a decisive vote in opposition to the administration’s foreign aid freeze, received a bomb threat at her home in South Carolina this month. The emailed threat said a bomb had been planted at her home, though no device was found.
In this March 16, 2023, file photo, Judge James E. Boasberg, chief judge of the Federal District Court in DC, stands for a portrait at E. Barrett Prettyman Federal Courthouse in Washington, D.C.
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Other relatives of the justice have also said they received anonymous pizza deliveries at their homes -- a prank viewed by law enforcement as particularly threatening because it’s meant to announce that strangers know who someone is and where they live.
Far-right users on Telegram and 4Chan have posted violent incitements directed at U.S. District Court Judge James Boasberg, who blocked the Trump administration from deporting noncitizens alleged to be members of Tren de Aragua. Some have called for violence against the judge and others have advocated sharing his personal and family information, SITE Intel reported.
CIS analysts note that “federal judges and family members have been receiving threats in recent weeks across the country, following judiciary decisions regarding the legality of federal administration policies. In addition to bomb threats and pizza deliveries, threatening rhetoric posted online and swattings have also been used.”
-ABC News’ Josh Margolin
Mar 20, 2025, 4:58 PM EDT
Judge blocks deportation of Georgetown researcher
A federal judge on Thursday blocked the deportation of Georgetown researcher Badar Khan Suri from the U.S.
U.S. District Judge Patricia Tolliver Giles issued an order barring Suri's deportation "unless and until the Court issues a contrary order."
Prospective students tour Georgetown University's campus in Washington.
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According to court filings, Suri is currently being held at Farmville Detention Center in Virginia, but one of his attorneys told ABC News that he is being held in Louisiana.
Assistant Secretary Dept. of Homeland Security Tricia McLaughlin alleged that Suri was "spreading Hamas propaganda and promoting antisemitism on social media" and had "close connections to a known or suspected terrorist."
-ABC News' Peter Charalambous
Mar 20, 2025, 4:42 PM EDT
Trump says he wants to return education to states, will preserve agency's 'useful functions'
Just before he signed the executive order, President Donald Trump said his administration would preserve "useful functions" of the Department of Education and shift them to other agencies -- such as Pell Grants and funding for children with special needs.
"But beyond these core necessities, my administration will take all lawful steps to shut down the department," he said. "We're going to shut it down and shut it down as quickly as possible. It's doing us no good. We want to return our students to the states, where just some of the governors here are so happy about this. They want education to come back to them, to come back to the states, and they're going to do a phenomenal job."
President Donald Trump speaks during an Education event and signs executive orders in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Mar. 20, 2025.