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Trump 2nd term live updates: Trump defends tariffs, declines to comment on Ukraine aid
Trump said tariffs will be the "greatest thing we've ever done as a country."
President Donald Trump is defending his decision to pause some tariffs to Canada and Mexico for another month -- a notable reversal after imposing historic levies on the key U.S. trading partners earlier this week, causing markets to tumble.
On Friday, Trump signed more executive orders at the White House before he convened a first-ever cryptocurrency summit with industry leaders.
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White House adviser Alina Habba says veterans may not be 'fit to have jobs at this moment'
President Donald Trump's counselor to the president, Alina Habba, questioned the capabilities of some veterans affected by the federal government layoffs, saying they may not be "fit to have a job at this moment."
She offered limited sympathy to those who have lost their jobs amidst the cuts while speaking on the White House's North Lawn on Tuesday.
"That's something the president has always cared about -- anybody in blue, anybody that serves this country. But at the same time, we have taxpayer dollars, we have a fiscal responsibility to use taxpayer dollars to pay people that actually work," Habba said.
"That doesn't mean that we forget our veterans by any means," she continued. "We are going to care for them in the right way, but perhaps they're not fit to have a job at this moment or not willing to come to work. And we can't, you know, I wouldn't take money from you and pay somebody and say, 'Sorry, you know, they're not going to come to work.' It's just not acceptable."
-ABC News' Kelsey Walsh
Trump administration prepares possible sale of hundreds of government buildings
The Trump administration has listed hundreds of federal properties across nearly every state for possible sale in a new phase of President Donald Trump's campaign to shrink the federal government, its workforce and footprint in Washington, D.C.
The list posted on the website of the General Services Administration includes some of Washington's iconic and most centrally located federal buildings, including many in the "Monumental Core" of the city around the Washington Mall -- from the Department of Agriculture and the Labor Department to the Justice Department, FBI Headquarters and Old Post Office.
-ABC News' Benjamin Siegel, Kelsey Walsh and Cherisse Halsall
2nd Republican to vote no on short-term funding measure
Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., said he is a no vote on any continuing resolution despite President Donald Trump and top GOP leaders endorsing a “clean” stopgap measure to fund the government until the end of September.
Rep. Tony Gonzales, R-Texas, also said he will vote against a continuing resolution.
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., can only afford to lose one Republican if all members are voting and present and will almost certainly need to rely on Democratic votes to avert a government shutdown.
The deadline to fund the government is March 14.
-ABC News' Lauren Peller
Americans will 'have to suck it up' amid federal layoffs, Republican senator says
Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., said Americans will "have to suck it up" as President Donald Trump and Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency lay off hundreds of thousands of federal workers.
"There's going to be some tough times," Tuberville told ABC News' Diane Macedo when asked about DOGE's impact. "We have to cut the fat out of out of spending in this country."
Tuberville also addressed Trump's tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China, saying that "there's going to be a little bit of pain" as the move threatens to drive up prices on groceries, gas and more. "But at the end of the day, if we don't do this, it's going to be much, much worse."
He also voiced his support for Trump's pause on all U.S. military aid to Ukraine, saying he hasn't "voted for any money to go to it because Ukraine can't beat Russia."
-ABC News' Jim Vojtech and David Merrell