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

Video shows deportees in El Salvador after a judge ordered flights to stop.

ByKevin Shalvey, Alexandra Hutzler, Ivan Pereira, and William Mansell
Last Updated: March 16, 2025, 5:36 PM EDT

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And Trump signed an executive order on Saturday that rescinded 19 executive actions issued by former President Joe Biden's administration on gender, labor policies and industry regulations, bringing the number of Biden's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.

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Mar 13, 2025, 11:39 AM EDT

Most Americans think Trump's cuts to federal programs will hurt their family: Survey

A new CNN/SSRS poll asked respondents how they think President Donald Trump's federal program cuts will impact either their family, the economy, or where they live.

Fifty-one percent said they thought the cuts will hurt them and their family, while 22% said it will help and 27% said neither. Among those that said it will help or hurt them or their families, 29% said the cuts already have impacted them while 71% said not yet.

Plus, 55% of Americans surveyed believed the cuts would hurt the economy overall, while 34% said they believed they would help the economy.

President Donald Trump meets with Irish Taoiseach Micheal Martin in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, Mar. 12, 2025.
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-ABC News' Oren Oppenheim

Mar 13, 2025, 11:36 AM EDT

Majority of Americans rate economic conditions as poor: Poll

An overwhelming majority -- 72% -- of Americans are rating current economic conditions as poor, according to a new CNN/SSRS poll.

Americans are split on whether conditions will improve a year from now. About half of Americans -- 49% -- indicated feeling pessimistic about economic conditions then.

Americans are feeling more negative than they were months ago, when comparing this response to CNN's January 2025 poll, which found a majority thought economy conditions would be better within a year: 56% thought conditions would be good a year from now, while 44% thought they would be poor.

-ABC News' Oren Oppenheim

Mar 13, 2025, 11:23 AM EDT

Putin will meet with Steve Witkoff, not Trump over Ukraine

Russian Presidential Aide Yuri Ushakov announced Thursday that Russian President Vladimir Putin won't be talking with President Donald Trump Thursday about negotiations to end the conflict in Ukraine.

Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff attends and interview in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Feb. 18, 2025.
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Instead, Putin will meet with Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff for a closed door meeting, according to Ushakov.

-ABC News' Will Gretsky

Mar 13, 2025, 11:13 AM EDT

Treasury secretary brushes off market volatility, defends tariffs

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent briefly spoke with reporters outside the White House on Thursday as stocks continued to slide in early trading.

"I'm less concerned about the short term," Bessent said. "I think we've had a big unwind. And the tariffs, we've got strategic industries we've got to have. We want to protect the American worker. A lot of these trade deals haven't been fair."

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent speaks to reporters outside the West Wing of the White House, Mar. 12, 2025 in Washington.
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"What's not good for the economy is this government shutdown," Bessent added. "I don't know what Democrats are thinking here, because they're going to own it."

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