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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And Trump signed an executive order on Saturday that rescinded 19 executive actions issued by former President Joe Biden's administration on gender, labor policies and industry regulations, bringing the number of Biden's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 15, 2025, 11:49 AM EDT

ACLU sues Trump admin over Alien Enemies Act

The ACLU has filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration in anticipation of the president invoking the Alien Enemies Act of 1798.

Although there has been no announcement of the act being invoked, the lawsuit claims the ACLU and other representing parties have reason to believe the president has invoked "or will imminently invoke" the AEA to speed up the administration's mass deportation goals and target the Tren de Aragua Venezuelan gang.

The ACLU is representing five plaintiffs they believe have been moved to detention centers in Texas intended to be "staging facilities to remove Venezuelan men under the AEA," court documents show.

-ABC News' Armando Garcia

Mar 15, 2025, 11:48 AM EDT

Mike Waltz to meet UAE official at White House next week to discuss technology ties

National security adviser Mike Waltz will meet with his UAE counterpart, national security adviser Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan, next week at the White House for meetings, according to National Security Council spokesman Brian Hughes.

National Security Advisor Mike Waltz listens as he sits next to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, while President Donald Trump meets with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, Mar. 13, 2025.
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The meetings are intended to focus on the economic and technological ties between the two countries, including conversations regarding purchasing more Nvidia chips from the United States.

It is unclear if Tahnoon will meet the president.

-ABC News' Kelsey Walsh

Mar 15, 2025, 9:54 AM EDT

Trump revokes nearly 20 executive orders issued by Biden administration

President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Friday that rescinds 19 executive actions issued by the Biden administration. He rescinded orders focused on gender, labor policies and industry regulations.

With this executive order, Trump has reversed nearly 100 actions that Biden issued.

President Donald Trump speaks to reporters before boarding Air Force One as he departs from Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, March 14, 2025.
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"President Trump is committed to continuing the review and repeal of harmful Biden administration policies to usher in a new golden age for America," the White House said in a fact sheet.

Trump rescinded Biden's executive action that "elevated radical gender ideology in U.S. diplomacy and foreign aid." He also ended "mandates" for electric heat pumps and solar panels and reversed the order that raised the minimum wage for federal contractors to $15 an hour.

-ABC News' Kelsey Walsh

Mar 15, 2025, 9:56 AM EDT

Trump signs executive order eliminating 'unnecessary government entities'

President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Friday that attempts to decrease the federal government's size by eliminating "unnecessary government entities" determined by the president.

President Donald Trump and Elon Musk's son walk towards Marine One on the South Lawn, on March 14, 2025, in Washington, D.C.
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The action furthers the Department of Government Efficiency's efforts to identify billions in waste, fraud and abuse in the federal government.

According to a fact sheet provided by the White House, the president has eliminated the following entities: the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, the U.S. Agency for Global Media, the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness, the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund, the Minority Business Development Agency and the U.S. Arctic Research Commission.

-ABC News' Kelsey Walsh

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