Trump 2nd term live updates: Trump defends tariffs, declines to comment on Ukraine aid

The White House has pulled Thursday's signing of the executive order to dismantle the Department of Education, multiple sources told ABC News.

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt quoted a news report saying it was "fake news" that Trump was expected to sign the order Thursday. She said he is not signing it.

Behind the scenes, there was concern among top administration officials about the blowback the order would receive and the lack of messaging in place ahead of the rollout.

Specially, how the administration would answer questions about how the EO would impact the school lunch program along with other programs that could no longer exist.

-ABC News' Katherine Faulders

A coalition of non-profit groups suing the Trump administration over its foreign aid freeze asked a federal judge to impose a deadline of Monday, March 10, at 5:59 p.m for the government to pay more than $1.5 billion owed to them, according to court papers filed Thursday -- a timeline that Trump administration attorneys called "not feasible."

After a divided Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that the Trump administration must comply with a district court order to execute those payments, the federal judge overseeing the case asked the parties to propose a payment schedule ahead of an in-person hearing on Thursday afternoon.

The coalition of nonprofits and the Trump administration wrote Thursday morning that "they were unable to come to an agreement."

The administration pledged to "proceed expeditiously" but must "also hold an obligation to the public to ensure that taxpayer funds are spent only for legitimate work that was actually performed." They suggested that these payments could be completed in "not more than ten working days."

Attorneys for the coalition of aid groups, in their own statement, accused the Trump administration of continuing "to erect barriers to compliance with their payment obligations."

-ABC News' Lucien Bruggeman

A federal judge denied a request on Thursday from USAID contractors to issue a temporary restraining order blocking the mass termination of their contracts.

The Personal Service Contractor Association, an advocacy group for U.S. personal services contractors employed by USAID, filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration last month after the secretary of state issued a stop-work order for all foreign assistance and contracts.

The contractors alleged the stop-work order prevented the association's members from carrying out work for "which their positions were created and exist by law and from overseeing often lifesaving humanitarian relief."

According to the complaint, the contractors were "irreparably injured" because they say the stop-work order cut "essential communication and network access, endangering their personal safety and security" and water and electricity for their homes overseas due to the funding freeze.

-ABC News' Laura Romero

Commerce Sec. Howard Lutnick suggested Thursday that President Trump could decide Thursday if all USMCA-compliant products would be exempt from tariffs placed on Canada and Mexico for one month.

Lutnick told CNBC this comes in recognition of Canada and Mexico for their work on dealing with fentanyl, and said he and Trump are speaking to their Mexican counterparts later Thursday.

"So we think this ... likely outcome, will be sort of in the middle, so USMCA-compliant goods and services will be excluded," he said later clarifying the reprieve is just for one month.

-ABC News' Justin Gomez, Molly Nagle and Oren Oppenheim