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The Trump administration is escalating its legal battle after Judge James Boasberg demanded more information about the two deportation flights that took off over the weekend and landed in El Salvador.

According to a filing Wednesday morning, the Department of Justice said it is considering invoking the states secrets privilege to deny the judge this information.

Boasberg ordered the DOJ Tuesday to provide him specific information on the flights, but privately.

The administration said it should not be forced to provide the information privately, despite signaling a willingness in a filing Tuesday to provide the information shielded from public view.

"The underlying premise of these orders, including the most recent one requiring the production of these facts ex parte today at noon, is that the Judicial Branch is superior to the Executive Branch, particularly on non-legal matters involving foreign affairs and national security. The Government disagrees. The two branches are coequal, and the Court's continued intrusions into the prerogatives of the Executive Branch, especially on a non-legal and factually irrelevant matter, should end," it wrote.

-ABC News' Katherine Faulders, Peter Charalambous and Alexander Mallin

National Security Adviser Mike Waltz spoke with reporters at the White House North Lawn Wednesday, claiming Ukrainian aid did not come up during the president's call with Russia's Vladimir Putin.

Waltz's statement contradicts what the Russians are saying and when asked if he believes the Russians are lying, Waltz did not answer.

Waltz was asked for his opinion on the call and if he believed Putin was an honest broker. He said that Putin is a "tough character."

"It's not a matter of whether you necessarily believe. This is trust, but verify," he said.

-ABC News' Kelsey Walsh

President Donald Trump will speak with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at 10 a.m. EST, sources familiar with the call told ABC News.

The two leaders' phone conversation will be the first time since their verbal blowup in the Oval Office on Feb. 28.

-ABC News' Kelsey Walsh

President Donald Trump on Wednesday will meet with oil industry executives at 2 p.m. ET to discuss the administration's energy agenda, the industry trade association and sources told ABC News.

"President Trump's energy agenda has set our nation on a path toward energy dominance. We appreciate the opportunity to discuss how American oil and natural gas are driving economic growth, strengthening our national security and supporting consumers with the President and his team," a spokesperson for the American Petroleum Institute, Bethany Williams, told ABC in a statement.

The meeting is not expected to focus on any single energy issue, but a range of topics.

Trump has appointed industry allies to key roles in his administration and has signed an executive order to "unleash" American energy. He has declared a national energy emergency to tee up more drilling and development of energy infrastructure.

-ABC News' Benjamin Siegel and Katherine Faulders