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

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum posted on X after her call with Trump Thursday morning, saying, "We had an excellent and respectful call in which we agreed that our work and collaboration have yielded unprecedented results, within the framework of respect for our sovereignties."

The post included a screenshot of Trump's Truth Social post announcing he was pausing tariffs on most goods from Mexico.

Sheinbaum and Trump spoke before the pause was announced.

"We will continue to work together, particularly on migration and security issues, including reducing the illegal crossing of fentanyl into the United States, as well as weapons into Mexico," she added.

-ABC News' Ellie Kaufman

"After speaking with President Claudia Sheinbaum of Mexico, I have agreed that Mexico will not be required to pay Tariffs on anything that falls under the USMCA Agreement," President Donald Trump wrote on his conservative social media platform. "This Agreement is until April 2nd. I did this as an accommodation, and out of respect for, President Sheinbaum."

"Our relationship has been a very good one, and we are working hard, together, on the Border, both in terms of stopping Illegal Aliens from entering the United States and, likewise, stopping Fentanyl. Thank you to President Sheinbaum for your hard work and cooperation!" Trump added.

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