Trump admin live updates: White House drops NASA nominee with Musk ties

Stephen Miller, Trump’s deputy chief of staff, was at ICE headquarters last week along with Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and urged senior leaders at ICE and Homeland Security Investigations to step up their deportation efforts, according to sources familiar with the meeting.

The meeting was attended by senior ICE leaders and special agents in charge of Homeland Security Investigations and took place in person at ICE headquarters in Washington. Border czar Tom Homan was not at the meeting.

Miller told senior ICE leaders that the administration wants to triple the daily number of arrests that agents were making to 3,000 per day, according to sources.

Noem and special government employee Corey Lewandowski also spoke at the meeting and took a milder approach than Miller, who sources described as stern with agents.

In response to a question from ABC News about the meeting, a DHS spokesperson said,
"Under Secretary Noem, we are delivering on President Trump and the American people's mandate to arrest and deport criminal illegal aliens and make America safe."

The meeting was first reported by Axios.

-ABC News’ Luke Barr

President Donald Trump was visibly irritated when asked about Wall Street analysts creating a new term called the "TACO" trade.

"They're saying Trump always chickens out on the tariff threats," the reporter said.

Trump grew visibly angry and called the question "nasty." He argued that it was all part of his negotiations with the countries.

"You mean because I reduced China from 145%, [then] I said down to 100, then down to another number? And I said you have to open up your whole country and because, I gave the European Union a 50% tax tariff, and they called up and they said, 'Please, let's meet right now, please, let's meet right now.' ... You call that chickening out?" he said.

House Speaker Mike Johnson is deflecting criticism from Elon Musk over the "one big, beautiful bill," insisting Congress will codify DOGE's cuts as soon as possible.

An administration official confirmed to ABC News that the White House is finalizing a $9.4 billion rescissions package to send to Capitol Hill next week, which is aimed at slashing federal spending that's already been appropriated by Congress from the executive branch.

The package attempts to claw back funding from FY2025 .

Johnson said Wednesday that the House "is eager and ready to act on DOGE's findings so we can deliver even more cuts to big government that President Trump wants and the American people demand."

"When the White House sends its rescissions package to the House, we will act quickly by passing legislation to codify the cuts," Johnson posted on X, adding that the House will use the appropriations process "to swiftly implement President Trump's 2026 budget."

--ABC News' Lauren Peller

President Donald Trump, in the Oval Office on Wednesday, discussed how he warned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanayahu not to take action to disrupt the ongoing talks for a nuclear deal between Iran and the U.S.

"I told him this would be inappropriate to do right now because we're very close to a solution," Trump told reporters.

"Now that could change at any moment, could change with a phone call. But right now, I think they want to make a deal. And, if we can make a deal, save a lot of lives trying to, sort of experiment, do you think that will happen on Iran, on which a deal with Iran could happen? Oh, I don't know. I think over the next couple of weeks, if it happens," the president continued.

On a nuclear deal with Iran, Trump seemed to feel optimistic that something would happen soon.

"But we are doing very well with Iran. And I think we're going to see some, some, something very sensible because there were only two outcomes. You know what the two outcomes is. There's a smart outcome and there's a violent outcome. And I don't think anybody wants to see the second, but I think we're -- we've made a lot of progress, and we'll see. You know, they still have to, agree to the final stages of a document, but I think you could be very well surprised what happens there and would be a great thing for them," Trump said.

-ABC News' Michelle Stoddart