Trump admin updates: White House asks court to stay order to ground deportation flights

Video shows deportees in El Salvador after a judge ordered flights to stop.

ByKevin Shalvey, Alexandra Hutzler, Ivan Pereira, and William Mansell
Last Updated: March 16, 2025, 5:36 PM EDT

The White House has asked a federal circuit court to stay a district court's temporary restraining orderthat blocked President Donald Trump from using the Alien Enemies act to deport noncitizens, including alleged members of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua.

Meanwhile, the fallout over Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and other Democrats voting with Republicans to avert a government shutdown continued, with some in Schumer's party calling for new leadership while others defended him, but said the party needed to use new tactics and new messaging.

And Trump signed an executive order on Saturday that rescinded 19 executive actions issued by former President Joe Biden's administration on gender, labor policies and industry regulations, bringing the number of Biden's actions reversed by Trump to nearly 100.

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Trump says he expects Zelenskyy to sign rare earth minerals deal

President Donald Trump said in an interview aired on Sunday that he expects Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to sign the rare earth minerals deal with the United States.

"Yeah, I think so. I think it'll happen," Trump said in the interview on Fox News' "Sunday Morning Futures" with Maria Bartiromo.

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrives for an EU Summit at the European Council building in Brussels, Mar. 6, 2025.
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Trump was pressed during the interview on whether he’s comfortable with the United States walking away from supporting Ukraine in its ongoing war with Russia and whether that would hurt Ukraine's chances of survival.

"Well, it may not survive anyway, but you know, we have some weaknesses with Russia," Trump replied.

-ABC News' Kelsey Walsh

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