Trump admin updates: White House asks court to stay order to ground deportation flights
Video shows deportees in El Salvador after a judge ordered flights to stop.
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And Trump signed an executive order on Saturday that rescinded 19 executive actions issued by former President Joe Biden's administration on gender, labor policies and industry regulations, bringing the number of Biden's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.
Latest headlines:
- White House asks court to stay temporary block on deportation flights
- Did Venezuelans’ deportation flights violate a judge’s order
- Democrats reject questions about new leadership
- Bessent says he can’t guarantee there will be no recession
- Judge blocks Trump from deporting citizens using Alien Enemies Act
Speaker Johnson says he doesn't think there will be a recession
House Speaker Mike Johnson said on Monday he didn’t see Trump’s comments on a potential recession, telling reporters: “I was pretty busy for the last few days."
Johnson, however, said he does not think there will be a recession and argued Trump's agenda will be beneficial in the long term.
“It takes a while for these policies to be ingrained,” he said.
-ABC News' Lauren Peller
Speaker Johnson confident Trump-backed funding bill 'will pass'
Speaker Mike Johnson said he's confident "the CR will pass," arguing "no one wants to shut the government down."
"I don't think it's going to get blocked… because no one wants to shut the government down, and we are governing doing the responsible thing as Republicans. It's going to be up to Chuck Schumer and the Senate Democrats to do the right thing, and I don't think we're going to shut the government," Johnson said Monday.
President Donald Trump begged Republicans over the weekend to support Johnson's bill to avert a government shutdown.
"We have to remain UNITED – NO DISSENT – Fight for another day when the timing is right. VERY IMPORTANT," Trump said in a post on Truth Social on Saturday.
The House is expected to move forward with a vote on Johnson's government funding plan as early as Tuesday without the support from Democrats.
Democrats are not on board with the proposal, meaning Republicans need near-unanimous support. Johnson has no room for error with his slim 218-214 majority and can only afford to lose one defection if all members are voting and present.
--ABC News' Lauren Peller and Arthur Jones II
Tulsi Gabbard allows 2 intelligence officials to appeal DEI-related firings
Two government officials involved in diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) at U.S. Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) have been allowed to appeal their terminations, a lawyer for the officers told ABC News.
Earlier this month, a federal judge refused to stop the firings of intelligence officers who were terminated under President Donald Trump’s executive order ending DEI programs in the federal government.
Attorney Kevin Carroll told ABC News at least 51 intelligence officers are impacted by the DEI cuts, including two at ODNI. ABC News has reached out to ODNI for comment.
-ABC News' Beatrice Peterson
Vance blames housing costs on illegal immigration
During his remarks at the National League of Cities conference this afternoon in Washington, D.C., Vice President JD Vance discussed how much of what made up the American dream is out of reach -- specifically discussing people losing the ability to purchase a home.
"We want Americans to be able to afford the American dream of homeownership, because we know that when people own their homes, it makes them a stakeholder. It makes them a stakeholder in their neighborhoods, in their cities, and ultimately, of course, in this country that all of us love so much," he said.
Vance blamed soaring home prices -- which could rise even more because of Trump's tariff policies, experts warned -- on illegal immigration. Vance was briefly interrupted by an individual in the crowd who took issue with his comments on illegal immigration.
-ABC News' Hannah Demissie