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

President Donald Trump convened a meeting Thursday morning to tell his Cabinet heads that they are in charge of the agencies and departments they oversee, not Elon Musk, multiple sources familiar with the matter told ABC News.

Musk was in the room for the meeting when Trump told top officials that the billionaire's role is to make recommendations and not unilateral decisions -- whether it be about staffing decisions or policy matters, the sources said.

The meeting comes as Trump's Cabinet secretaries have privately expressed frustration about Musk and the mandates he has been giving that have caused mass confusion among the federal workforce.

-ABC News' Rachel Scott, Will Steakin and Katherine Faulders

White House officials told ABC News that President Donald Trump has signed executive orders to amend the tariffs on Canada and Mexico that went into effect just two days ago to exclude all products in compliance with the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement.

The pause will last until April 2.

-ABC News' Michelle Stoddart and Molly Nagle

President Donald Trump said in a new post on his social media platform Thursday that a combination of DOGE and heads of federal agencies will take a "scalpel" approach when it comes to federal cuts rather than using a "hatchet."

Trump shared that he, his Cabinet secretaries and Elon Musk had a meeting Thursday.

"We're going to have these meetings every two weeks until that aspect of this very necessary job is done. The relationships between everybody in that room are extraordinary," he said.

-ABC News' Hannah Demissie

A federal judge denied a request Thursday to expedite a case challenging the legality of the Department of Government Efficiency after President Donald Trump's address to Congress inserted confusion about who exactly is running the cost-cutting group.

"Plaintiffs have not explained, with clarity, the nature of any emergency here that would require the Court to compel Defendants to respond more rapidly than the default rules provide for," U.S. District Judge Jia Cobb wrote in an order.

Cobb, a Biden appointee, did not mention the apparent contradiction in Trump's speech in her order.

Lawyers representing DOGE argued that speeding up the case would be "infeasible," and the case is now on track for a potential hearing later this month.

-ABC News' Peter Charalambous