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Trump admin live updates: Rubio calls journalist being added to Signal 'big mistake'

The secretary of state insisted that the overall mission was never jeopardized.

Last Updated: March 26, 2025, 3:40 PM EDT

Fallout continues after it was learned that top officials in the Trump administration inadvertently added The Atlantic editor Jeffrey Goldberg to an unsecured Signal group chat discussing a U.S. attack on Houthis in Yemen.

Meanwhile, the administration invoked state secret privileges as it refuses to provide a federal judge with any additional information about its use of the Alien Enemies Act to deport hundreds of alleged members of a Venezuelan gang to El Salvador with no due process.

Mar 24, 2025, 12:33 PM EDT

House Republicans eye hearings on Judge Boasberg, bill to rein in federal judges

House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan said on Monday his committee intends to hold hearings next week on U.S. District Judge James Boasberg, who blocked deportations under the Alien Enemies Act, and other recent judicial rulings.

Rep. Jim Jordan speaks during a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on sanctuary cities' policies at the U.S. Capitol on Mar. 5, 2025 in Washington.
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"It really starts to look like Judge Boasberg is operating purely political against the president, and that's what we want to have hearings on this broad issue and some of what Judge Boasberg is doing. And so, we're going to start those next week, and we think Sen. Grassley is going to do the same," Jordan said on Fox News. Sen. Chuck Grassley is the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee.

In addition to hearings, Jordan said he expects House Republican leadership to put California Republican Rep. Darrell Issa's bill entitled "No Rogue Rulings Act" on the floor for a vote next week. It's not clear when the vote would be held, but the legislation would put restrictions on district court judges issuing orders providing injunctive relief decisions that impact the entire country outside their districts.

-ABC News' Lauren Peller

Mar 24, 2025, 12:28 PM EDT

Trump convenes meeting of his Cabinet and Elon Musk

President Donald Trump is meeting with his Cabinet at the White House, with Elon Musk also in attendance.

The White House is calling this the president's second Cabinet meeting. During the first meeting back in late February, Musk spoke at length to defend the Department of Government Efficiency's work -- especially its cuts to the federal workforce.

ABC News reported a clash between Musk and Secretary of State Marco Rubio in a separate meeting of some Cabinet officials earlier this month, with Musk accusing Rubio of not carrying out sufficient firings at his agency. Trump denied any bad blood between the two men.

Elon Musk looks on as President Donald Trump hosts a cabinet meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Mar. 24, 2025, in Washington.
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-ABC News' Karen Travers

Mar 24, 2025, 11:34 AM EDT

Judge blocks DOGE from sensitive records at Education, Treasury and OPM agencies

The Trump administration likely violated federal law when it gave Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency "seemingly unfettered access" to records from the Department of Education, Treasury Department and Office of Personnel Management, a federal judge said on Monday.

U.S. District Judge Deborah Boardman issued an injunction blocking DOGE from accessing any personally identifiable information maintained by the three agencies, determining the access violated the Administrative Procedure Act and Privacy Act of 1974.

President Donald Trump and White House Senior Advisor, Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk shake hands while attending the NCAA Division 1 Wrestling Championship, Mar. 22, 2025 in Philadelphia.
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"No matter how important or urgent the President's DOGE agenda may be, federal agencies must execute it in accordance with the law. That likely did not happen in this case," she wrote.

-ABC News' Peter Charalambous

Mar 24, 2025, 11:30 AM EDT

Trump taps Alina Habba to be interim US attorney for District of New Jersey

President Donald Trump has named Alina Habba, his personal attorney turned White House counselor to the president, to serve as the next interim U.S. attorney for the District of New Jersey.

"Alina will lead with the same diligence and conviction that has defined her career, and she will fight tirelessly to secure a Legal System that is both 'Fair and Just' for the wonderful people of New Jersey," Trump wrote in his social media platform.

Alina Habba, newly appointed interim U.S. Attorney for District of New Jersey, speaks to reporters outside the White House on Mar. 24, 2025, in Washington.
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The president said Habba would replace the current interim U.S. attorney, John Giordano, who he's now nominated to be the U.S. ambassador to Namibia.

"I am honored to serve my home state of New Jersey as Interim U.S. Attorney and I am grateful to President Trump for entrusting me with this tremendous responsibility," Habba wrote on X. "Just like I did during my time as President Trump's personal attorney, I will continue to fight for truth and justice. We will end the weaponization of justice, once and for all."

-ABC News' Fritz Farrow

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