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.
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And Trump signed an executive order on Saturday that rescinded 19 executive actions issued by former President Joe Biden's administration on gender, labor policies and industry regulations, bringing the number of Biden's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.
Latest headlines:
- White House asks court to stay temporary block on deportation flights
- Did Venezuelans’ deportation flights violate a judge’s order
- Democrats reject questions about new leadership
- Bessent says he can’t guarantee there will be no recession
- Judge blocks Trump from deporting citizens using Alien Enemies Act
Migrant detention facility at GITMO cost taxpayers $16M, congresswoman says
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
White House touts latest inflation data amid stock market, tariff concerns
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.
Vance hosts Irish Taoiseach at Naval Observatory
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."
Trump to welcome Ireland's Micheal Martin
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.
Trump will then go to the Capitol to participate in the Friends of Ireland luncheon before going back to the White House to host a St. Patrick's Day reception with Martin in the East Room at 5 p.m. ET.