Trump administration updates: Schumer continues to face calls for new leadership

The Senate minority leader says he's not going anywhere.

Last Updated: March 23, 2025, 9:39 PM EDT

Sen. Chuck Schumer said Sunday he has no plans to step aside as Senate minority leader as criticism of Schumer and of Democrats' ineffectiveness in combatting President Donald Trump's agenda continues.

Meanwhile, the Trump administration sent another group of migrants to Guantanamo Bay, alleging many are members of the Venezuelan gang Tren De Aragua, an official with knowledge of the flight told ABC News. But deportation flights of Venezuelans to El Salvador remain on hold while the administration fights a judge's order to curtail those flights while their legality is decided.

Trump on Friday 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.

Mar 21, 2025, 3:29 PM EDT

DOJ moves to disqualify judge who blocked order targeting Perkins Coie law firm

The Justice Department on Friday moved to disqualify a federal judge who blocked the Trump administration from implementing an executive order that targeted Perkins Coie, a major law firm that previously represented Hillary Clinton's 2016 campaign.

In its motion to disqualify U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell, the department said she "has repeatedly demonstrated partiality against and animus towards the President."

"In this case, reasonable observers may well view this Court as insufficiently impartial to adjudicate the meritless challenges to President Trump's efforts to implement the agenda that the American people elected him to carry out," deputy associate attorney general Richard Lawson said in the filing.

Howell entered an emergency order last week blocking the administration from implementing major parts of Trump's order, writing the action was "retaliatory and runs head on into the wall of First Amendment protection."

Read more about the case here.

-ABC News' Alexander Mallin

Mar 21, 2025, 3:25 PM EDT

Trump administration cuts funding for legal aid to migrant children

The Trump administration halted funding to a program that provides legal representation to thousands of unaccompanied migrant children, according to a memo issued Friday by the Interior Department and obtained by ABC News.

Organizations that collectively receive over $200 million in federal grants were told that the contract was partially terminated. The only funding that remains from the contract is for "Know Your Rights" informational presentations that are given to unaccompanied migrant children in detention centers.

President Donald Trump delivers remarks in the Oval Office at the White House, in Washington, Mar. 21, 2025.
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Read more here.

-ABC News' Laura Romero

Mar 21, 2025, 12:43 PM EDT

Trump claims that fired fed workers will get better jobs

President Donald Trump was asked to respond to concerns from military families over more cuts given Elon Musk's meeting with the Pentagon and the calls to cut more federal jobs.

Trump claimed that "nobody has taken better care of the military."

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks next to President Donald Trump, in the Oval Office at the White House, in Washington, Mar. 21, 2025.
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"I know what Pete [Hegseth] doing is he's talking about a lot of the civilian staff, and we're going to get them other jobs," the president said. "But we don't want to have wasteful jobs ... and those were wasteful jobs."

Mar 21, 2025, 12:34 PM EDT

Trump calls Tesla dealership vandals terrorists, compares actions to Jan. 6

President Donald Trump was asked about his harsh comments against the suspects accused of vandalizing Tesla dealerships in the country, hours after he vowed to send them to El Salvadorian prisons.

Trump continued his rhetoric and called the suspects "terrorists."

President Donald Trump delivers remarks with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in the Oval Office at the White House, in Washington, Mar. 21, 2025.
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"You didn't have that on Jan. 6, I can tell you. You didn't have anything like that on January 6th, which is sort of amazing," he said before falsely claiming that the only person who died during the attack on the Capitol was one of the rioters.

Approximately 140 Capitol Police officers were injured by rioters.

Four officers who responded to the Capitol attack have since died by suicide.

Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick died after suffering multiple strokes hours after he was pepper sprayed by rioters.

Trump pardoned all of the suspects and convicted felons linked to Jan. 6 after returning to office in January.

There have been no deaths or injuries reported at the Tesla protests, however some cars have been set on fire and damaged, according to law enforcement.

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