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

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

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And Trump signed an executive order on Saturday that rescinded 19 executive actions issued by former President Joe Biden's administration on gender, labor policies and industry regulations, bringing the number of Biden's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

Mar 10, 2025, 6:21 PM EDT

RFK Jr. wants FDA to rethink what's allowed in food supply

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has directed the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to revise its food safety guidelines and promote "radical transparency" in what goes into Americans' food, according to a statement from the agency on Monday.

The FDA said it would eliminate the pathway for companies to self-affirm their products' safety outside of the agency's jurisdiction.

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. delivers remarks during a Cabinet meeting held by President Donald Trump at the White House, Feb. 26, 2025 in Washington
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"For far too long, ingredient manufacturers and sponsors have exploited a loophole that has allowed new ingredients and chemicals, often with unknown safety data, to be introduced into the U.S. food supply without notification to the FDA or the public," RFK Jr. said in the statement.

"Eliminating this loophole will provide transparency to consumers, help get our nation’s food supply back on track by ensuring that ingredients being introduced into foods are safe, and ultimately Make America Healthy Again," he added.

-ABC News' Anne Flaherty

Mar 10, 2025, 5:58 PM EDT

Trump swears in Sean Curran as director of the Secret Service

President Donald Trump swore in Sean Curran as the new director of the U.S. Secret Service on Monday.

Curran previously served as the head of Trump's protective detail and was with the president when he was shot in Butler, Pennsylvania, last July.

-ABC News' Hannah Demissie

Mar 10, 2025, 4:40 PM EDT

Trump blocks Biden from receiving classified briefings

President Donald Trump has officially revoked former President Joe Biden's access to the President’s Daily Brief, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard tweeted on Monday.

Biden—who barred Trump from receiving classified briefings in 2021 after the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol—will no longer receive them under Trump’s directive, which was previously reported in February.

President Donald Trump speaks to reporters aboard Air Force One on his return to Washington, Mar. 9, 2025.
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Trump also revoked the security clearances of former Secretary of State Antony Blinken, former National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan, Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco, New York Attorney General Letitia James, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, and attorneys Mark Zaid, Norman Eisen and Andrew Weissman.

Mar 10, 2025, 4:29 PM EDT

Speaker Johnson says he doesn't think there will be a recession

House Speaker Mike Johnson said on Monday he didn’t see Trump’s comments on a potential recession, telling reporters: “I was pretty busy for the last few days."

Johnson, however, said he does not think there will be a recession and argued Trump's agenda will be beneficial in the long term.

“It takes a while for these policies to be ingrained,” he said.

-ABC News' Lauren Peller

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