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And Trump signed an executive order on Saturday that rescinded 19 executive actions issued by former President Joe Biden's administration on gender, labor policies and industry regulations, bringing the number of Biden's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.
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Tesla raises concerns about tariffs in unsigned letter
In an unsigned letter to the Trump administration this week, Tesla raised some concerns about the ongoing tariffs-- warning that they could be "exposed" to retaliatory tariffs and urging them to "consider the downstream impacts."
"As a U.S. manufacturer and exporter, Tesla encourages USTR to consider the downstream impacts of certain proposed actions taken to address unfair trade practices," the letter to to United States Trade Representative Jamison Greer said.
Tesla did not immediately respond to questions from ABC News, including who wrote the letter, which was dated March 11.
In the letter, Tesla noted that actions by the Trump admin have resulted in "immediate reactions" by the targeted countries, which include increased tariffs on electric vehicles.
"Trade actions should not (and need not) conflict with objectives to further increase and support domestic manufacturing," the letter said.
-ABC News' Olivia Rubin and Claire Brinberg
Lutnick meeting with Canadian officials yields no progress
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick's met with Canadian officials Thursday and discussed "the Trump Administration's steel and aluminum tariffs, and its goal of fair trade with Canada and the province of Ontario, while working to secure America's border and eliminate fentanyl," according to a readout.
The readout did not indicate any progress on the negotiations over tariffs.
-ABC News' Michelle Stoddart
Trump suggests Biden, former officials should 'go to jail'
In a new Truth Social post Friday morning, President Donald Trump suggested that former President Joe Biden and other former administration officials should go to jail. In the post, Trump criticized Biden's handling of issues like the Israel-Hamas war, the economy and the border.
"Oh, what a difference A RIGGED & CROOKED ELECTION HAD ON OUR COUNTRY, AND THE PEOPLE WHO DID THIS TO US SHOULD GO TO JAIL!," Trump said in the post.
This comes as Trump is expected to give remarks at the DOJ later Friday.
--ABC News' Michelle Stoddart
IRS expects to lay off 20% of its workforce
The Internal Revenue Service expects to lose approximately 20% of its workforce -- or roughly 18,000 employees -- by May 15 as part of staff cuts directed by the Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency, two sources familiar with the plans told ABC News.
That figure includes the probationary workers already dismissed and those who accepted the administration's "buyout" offer.
This unfolds as a federal judge ordered President Donald Trump's administration to rehire the fired workers at the IRS and five other agencies on Thursday — though the administration has filed a notice to appeal the ruling.
Amid tax season, the agency's taxpayer services and compliance departments will likely lose thousands of workers in what could be the first of several waves of firings, one of the sources said.
The Treasury Department and IRS did not return requests for comment on the potential cuts.
-ABC News' Ben Siegel