President Donald Trump on Friday afternoon announced a new F-47 fighter jet with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and signed a series of presidential actions before departing the White House for his golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey.
The actions included one rescinding the security clearances of several former Biden officials and political opponents.
Earlier Friday, Billionaire Elon Musk visited the Pentagon on Friday for an 80-minute meeting with Hegseth.
Meanwhile, fallout continued after Trump signed an executive order to begin dismantling the Department of Education.
As the Trump administration continues to refuse to provide additional information about deportation flights of alleged Venezuelan gang members to other countries, another hearing is set for 2:30 p.m. ET to determine if the administration can invoke the Alien Enemies Act of 1798.
Alleged members of the Venezuelan criminal organization Tren de Aragua who were deported by the U.S. government, are detained at the Terrorism Confinement Center in Tecoluca, El Salvador in a photo obtained Mar. 16, 2025.
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U.S. District Court Judge James Boasberg will also determine if his order blocking any deportations should be extended.
Read more about the weeklong standoff between the administration and Boasberg here.
-ABC News' Laura Romero, Katherine Faulders, Alexander Mallin and Peter Charalambous
Mar 21, 2025, 1:05 PM GMT
Trump and Hegseth to deliver Oval Office remarks; rally planned outside Education Department
President Donald Trump on Friday will be joined by Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth in the Oval Office for remarks at 11 a.m. ET, though it's not entirely clear what the two will discuss.
Plus, at the Pentagon, Elon Musk is expected to attend a meeting with the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Meanwhile, Defend Our Schools will be holding a rally outside the Department of Education to call on Congress to resist the Trump administration's dismantling of the agency.
President Donald Trump speaks to invited guests after signing an executive order to begin the process of dismantling the Department of Education at the White House in Washington, Mar. 20, 2025.
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Mar 21, 2025, 2:51 AM GMT
Elon Musk to visit the Pentagon on Friday, US official says
Billionaire Elon Musk will visit the Pentagon on Friday and attend a meeting with the Joint Chiefs of Staff that will touch on China, a United States official told ABC News.
Separately, the Pentagon's top spokesman confirmed Musk's visit but did not provide any details.
"The Defense Department is excited to welcome Elon Musk to the Pentagon on Friday. He was invited by Secretary Pete Hegseth and is just visiting," Chief Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell said in a statement provided to ABC News.
Elon Musk arrives for US President Donald Trump's address to a joint session of Congress in the House Chamber of the Capitol in Washington, Mar. 4, 2025.
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Citing U.S. officials, The New York Times reported Thursday that Musk would visit the Pentagon on Friday and be briefed on the U.S. military's top secret plan for a potential war with China.
Musk has a security clearance, but the Times' report that Musk would receive a briefing on an operational plan for China raises questions about potential conflicts of interest, given that his companies have business dealings in China.
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth confirmed Musk's planned visit to the Pentagon on Thursday night in a post on X, but said the visit is not about "top secret China war plans," instead calling it an "informal meeting about innovation, efficiencies & smarter production."
-ABC News' Luis Martinez
Mar 20, 2025, 11:42 PM GMT
Trump attacks judge in deportation case by name
Trump continued his attacks against the judge who blocked his administration’s deportation flights of alleged Tren de Aragua gang members, this time calling him out by name.
Trump accused U.S. District Judge James Broasberg of trying to “usurp the Power of the Presidency” in a post on his Truth Social platform.
President Donald Trump arrives at a ceremony at the White House in Washington, Mar. 20, 2025.
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“He is a local, unknown Judge, a Grandstander, looking for publicity, and it cannot be for any other reason, because his “Rulings” are so ridiculous, and inept,” Trump said of the judge.
