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Trump said tariffs will be the "greatest thing we've ever done as a country."

Last Updated: March 9, 2025, 8:31 PM EDT

President Donald Trump is defending his decision to pause some tariffs to Canada and Mexico for another month -- a notable reversal after imposing historic levies on the key U.S. trading partners earlier this week, causing markets to tumble.

On Friday, Trump signed more executive orders at the White House before he convened a first-ever cryptocurrency summit with industry leaders.

Mar 05, 2025, 7:49 PM EST

ICE to reopen detention center for families in Texas

One of the largest detention centers for migrant families that was closed during the Biden administration is reopening, according to a private prison contractor.

CoreCivic, one of the nation’s largest private companies, says it reached an agreement with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to reopen the South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley, Texas.

According to the company, the Dilley facility was built for ICE in 2014 to provide “an appropriate setting for a family population.”

The facility, which can hold up to 2,400 individuals, was closed after funding for the contract with ICE was terminated in 2024. The new contract announced on Wednesday expires in 2030.

In this Aug. 9, 2018, file photo, provided by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, immigrants walk into a building at South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley, Texas.
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“With this award and the additional capacity provided to ICE through four contract modifications we announced last week, we are grateful for the trust our government partner has placed in us,” CoreCivic CEO Damon Hininger said in a statement. “We are entering a period when our government partners -- particularly our federal government partners -- are expected to have increased demand. We anticipate continued robust contracting activity throughout 2025 that will help meet their growing needs."

The revenue from the new contract is expected to be approximately $180 million, the company said in a statement.

The announcement comes weeks after CoreCivic’s earnings call where executives said they anticipate the Trump administration's new immigration policies will lead to "the most significant growth" in the company's history over the next several years.

Executives on the call said they offered 28,000 beds to ICE, including the South Texas Family Residential Center.

"I've worked at CoreCivic for 32 years, and this is truly one of the most exciting periods of my career,” Hininger said on the call.

-ABC News’ Laura Romero

Mar 05, 2025, 7:17 PM EST

Trump says he told mayor to clean up DC

President Trump claims he notified Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser that she must clean up the homeless encampments, specifically those near the State Department and the White House.

“Washington, D.C. must become CLEAN and SAFE!” Trump wrote on Truth Social.

In this Feb. 20, 2025, file photo, homeless people live in tents they set up on the sidewalk near the White House, in Washington, D.C.
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The President has long called for improved safety in Washington.

About two weeks ago aboard Air Force One the president said that the federal government should take over D.C. to make it safe again.

“Too much crime, too much -- too many tents on the lawns -- these magnificent lawns,” Trump said at the time.

-ABC News’ Kelsey Walsh

Mar 05, 2025, 6:40 PM EST

Speaker Mike Johnson's chief of staff arrested for DUI after Trump's speech

Speaker Mike Johnson's chief of staff was arrested by the U.S. Capitol Police on charges of driving under the influence Tuesday night after President Donald Trump's address to Congress, multiple people familiar with the incident told ABC News.

Hayden Haynes backed into a parked Capitol Police vehicle at the Capitol complex, the sources added.

Capitol Police confirmed that "a driver backed into a parked vehicle last night around 11:40 p.m. We responded and arrested them for DUI."

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson leaves after the House passed the Republican's budget resolution on the spending bill on Feb. 25, 2025, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.
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Johnson's spokesman Taylor Haulsee said in a statement to ABC News that the speaker was aware of the incident.

"The Speaker has known and worked closely with Hayden for nearly a decade and trusted him to serve as his Chief of Staff for his entire tenure in Congress. Because of this and Hayden's esteemed reputation among Members and staff alike, the Speaker has full faith and confidence in Hayden's ability to lead the Speaker's office," he said.

Haynes was spotted in the back of the House chamber at the beginning of Trump's address. He was arrested after the speech ended.

-ABC News' Rachel Scott and Jack Date

Mar 05, 2025, 5:54 PM EST

Trump met with eight hostages in the Oval Office, White House says

The president met with eight of the released hostages from Gaza in the Oval Office on Wednesday, the White House said.

According to a statement from the press secretary, the eight Americans thanked President Donald Trump for his efforts to bring them home.

President Donald Trump addresses a joint session of Congress in the House chamber at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, March 4, 2025.
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Edan Alexander is the last American-Israeli hostage to remain alive in Gaza.

-ABC News' Kelsey Walsh

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