Trump administration updates: Schumer continues to face calls for new leadership

Billionaire Elon Musk will visit the Pentagon on Friday and attend a meeting with the Joint Chiefs of Staff that will touch on China, a United States official told ABC News.

Separately, the Pentagon's top spokesman confirmed Musk's visit but did not provide any details.

"The Defense Department is excited to welcome Elon Musk to the Pentagon on Friday. He was invited by Secretary Pete Hegseth and is just visiting," Chief Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell said in a statement provided to ABC News.

Citing U.S. officials, The New York Times reported Thursday that Musk would visit the Pentagon on Friday and be briefed on the U.S. military's top secret plan for a potential war with China.

Musk has a security clearance, but the Times' report that Musk would receive a briefing on an operational plan for China raises questions about potential conflicts of interest, given that his companies have business dealings in China.

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth confirmed Musk's planned visit to the Pentagon on Thursday night in a post on X, but said the visit is not about "top secret China war plans," instead calling it an "informal meeting about innovation, efficiencies & smarter production."

-ABC News' Luis Martinez

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.

“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

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.

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

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."

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