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And Trump signed an executive order on Saturday that rescinded 19 executive actions issued by former President Joe Biden's administration on gender, labor policies and industry regulations, bringing the number of Biden's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.
Lutnick meeting with Canadian officials yields no progress
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick's met with Canadian officials Thursday and discussed "the Trump Administration's steel and aluminum tariffs, and its goal of fair trade with Canada and the province of Ontario, while working to secure America's border and eliminate fentanyl," according to a readout.
The readout did not indicate any progress on the negotiations over tariffs.
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick speaks to members of the media near the White House in Washington, D.C., March 13, 2025.
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-ABC News' Michelle Stoddart
Mar 14, 2025, 9:02 AM EDT
Trump suggests Biden, former officials should 'go to jail'
In a new Truth Social post Friday morning, President Donald Trump suggested that former President Joe Biden and other former administration officials should go to jail. In the post, Trump criticized Biden's handling of issues like the Israel-Hamas war, the economy and the border.
"Oh, what a difference A RIGGED & CROOKED ELECTION HAD ON OUR COUNTRY, AND THE PEOPLE WHO DID THIS TO US SHOULD GO TO JAIL!," Trump said in the post.
This comes as Trump is expected to give remarks at the DOJ later Friday.
President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte in the Oval Office of the White House, Mar. 13, 2025 in Washington.
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--ABC News' Michelle Stoddart
Mar 13, 2025, 11:29 PM EDT
IRS expects to lay off 20% of its workforce
The Internal Revenue Service expects to lose approximately 20% of its workforce -- or roughly 18,000 employees -- by May 15 as part of staff cuts directed by the Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency, two sources familiar with the plans told ABC News.
That figure includes the probationary workers already dismissed and those who accepted the administration's "buyout" offer.
This unfolds as a federal judge ordered President Donald Trump's administration to rehire the fired workers at the IRS and five other agencies on Thursday — though the administration has filed a notice to appeal the ruling.
A sign stands outside the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) building in Washington, D.C., Feb. 20, 2025.
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Amid tax season, the agency's taxpayer services and compliance departments will likely lose thousands of workers in what could be the first of several waves of firings, one of the sources said.
The Treasury Department and IRS did not return requests for comment on the potential cuts.
-ABC News' Ben Siegel
Mar 13, 2025, 6:07 PM EDT
Trump administration upping financial pressure on Russia
The Trump administration is upping financial pressure on Russia by letting a Biden-era short-term sanction waiver on Russian energy expire overnight. The decision comes as Trump administration officials are in Russia to try to secure a peace deal to end the war in Ukraine.
President Donald Trump in Washington, Mar. 13, 2025 and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow, Mar. 13, 2025.
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A Treasury Department spokesperson confirmed the administration let General License 8L expire at 12:01 a.m. on March 12.
"The Administration remains focused on ending the fighting and fostering negotiations to end the war," a Treasury Department spokesperson said in a statement to ABC News. "We continue to implement our sanctions, which remain one of the levers to facilitate these goals."
The license allowed some transactions with Russian banks for certain energy transactions.
