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

Rep. Sara Jacobs, a Democrat who represents the San Diego area, told ABC News that she visited the Guantanamo Bay camp last Friday on a bipartisan congressional delegation.

"It was clear that this was entirely for optics and the fact that Donald Trump wanted to be able to say that he was sending immigrants to Guantanamo Bay, with all of its history of human rights abuses and with no actual operational value," Jacobs said on Wednesday morning.

The migrant detention facility cost the taxpayers $16 million, Jacobs claimed.

When she visited the camp there were 41 migrants equally split between low threat and high threat and she said officials briefing members on the ground said at it's current state the camp can only hold up to 225 migrants. The Trump administration initially estimated Guantanamo Bay would hold up to 30,000 migrants.

-ABC News' Luke Barr

The White House is touting the new inflation data out Wednesday morning, which showed consumer prices rose 2.8% last month compared to a year prior -- down from a 3% inflation rate recorded in January.

"Today's CPI report shows inflation is declining and the economy is moving in the right direction under President Trump," White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt wrote on X. "Core consumer prices, which is the best measure of inflation, dropped to its lowest level in FOUR years."

"When will they learn to stop doubting President Trump?" Leavitt added after inflation cooled more than economists expected.

Read more about the inflation numbers here.

Vice President JD Vance and second lady Usha Vance hosted a pre-St. Patrick's Day breakfast for Irish Taoiseach Micheal Martin at the Naval Observatory.

Both Vance and the Taoiseach wore green ties and Vance showed off socks with a shamrock pattern. The vice president spoke about the "bonds of friendship" between the two countries in brief remarks, and the Irish prime minister called the U.S. a "steadfast friend."

President Donald Trump will welcome the Irish Prime Minister Micheal Martin to the White House on Wednesday. The two will participate in a bilateral meeting in the Oval Office just before 11 a.m. ET.