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

Some probationary federal workers at the General Services Administration who had been terminated received notices on Friday that their employment had been temporarily reinstated and that they were being placed on administrative leave, according to sources familiar with the matter.

In an email sent Friday afternoon, terminated probationary GSA employees were told that they would be reinstated effective March 17 through "at least March 27" and that their "accrued leave and benefits will be reinstated," according to multiple emails obtained by ABC News.

The email states that the temporary reinstatement was issued to comply with a March 13 temporary restraining order from U.S. District Judge James Bredar in a lawsuit filed by 19 states and the District of Columbia against the Trump administration’s mass firing of probationary federal employees.

On Thursday, the judge ruled that the administration had failed to provide the legally required 60-day notice before attempting the mass layoffs. He also barred the administration from carrying out further mass terminations without proper notice.

-ABC News' Soo Rin Kim, Will Steakin, Cheyenne Haslett and Ben Siegel

President Donald Trump visited the Department of Justice headquarters Friday with Attorney General Pam Bondi, FBI director Kash Patel and repeated his now familiar accusation that the Justice Department was "weaponized" to attack him.

"We must be honest about the lies and abuses that have occurred within these walls. Unfortunately, in recent years, a corrupt group of hacks and radicals within the ranks of the American government obliterated that trust and goodwill built up over generations," he said.

The event, which mirrored his campaign rallies, included props such as bags of drugs and boxes labeled "DEA EVIDENCE" in large font.

-ABC News' Alexander Mallin

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries was asked about Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer twice during a news conference Friday, once if it was time for new leadership in the Senate and another time when he was asked about his confidence in Schumer.

"Next question," Jeffries replied both times.

School closures, emergency services furloughs, and disruptions of metro service are among the crises D.C. officials are now warning of if this temporary government funding measure passes, a city council member told ABC News.

“It would be devastating,” Zachary Parker, Ward 5 Councilmember, said. “It would mean cuts to Metro that services the entire DMV region. It means closing and shuttering schools and programs. It means having to furlough police officers at a time where we're continuing to drive down violent crime in the district.”

The stopgap funding measure House Republicans passed and the Senate will take up Friday doesn’t just avert a shutdown, it strips Washington, D.C., of $1 billion.

Now, D.C. leaders are in the awkward political position of advocating for a government shutdown to protect many of the city’s vital services.

“I'm advocating for Senate Democrats to meet this moment. If that means a shutdown, then that is what we are asking them to do,” Parker said.

--ABC News' Jay O'Brien, Beatrice Peaterson