Trump administration updates: Schumer continues to face calls for new leadership

Elon Musk's attempt to unilaterally dismantle USAID likely violated the Constitution, a federal judge ruled on Tuesday.

U.S. District Judge Theodore Chuang ordered Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency to immediately give USAID employees access to their "email, payment, security notification, and all other electronic systems," and ordered a pause on any efforts to shut down the agency.

Chuang wrote that Musk's takeover "usurped the authority of the public's elected representatives in Congress to make decisions on whether, when, and how to eliminate a federal government agency, and of Officers of the United States duly appointed under the Constitution to exercise the authority entrusted to them."

While Chuang rebuked Musk's role within the Trump administration, the exact implications of the decision on the operations of USAID remain unclear.

-ABC News' Peter Charalambous and Lucien Bruggeman

Trump gave his readout of his call with Putin in a Truth Social post, calling it "very good and productive."

"We agreed to an immediate Ceasefire on all Energy and Infrastructure, with an understanding that we will be working quickly to have a Complete Ceasefire and, ultimately, an END to this very horrible War between Russia and Ukraine," Trump wrote in the post.

Trump repeated his argument that the war would have never started had he been in office.

"Many elements of a Contract for Peace were discussed, including the fact that thousands of soldiers are being killed, and both President Putin and President Zelenskyy would like to see it end. That process is now in full force and effect, and we will, hopefully, for the sake of Humanity, get the job done!" Trump added.

-ABC News’ Molly Nagle

The Pentagon on Tuesday provided the first update of its effort to reduce its civilian workforce of 878,000 by up to 8% -- which could number between 50,000 to 60,000 civilian employees, a senior Defense Department official said.

“The number sounds high, but I would focus on the percentage, a 5% to 8% reduction is not a drastic one, is one the secretary is confident can be done without negatively impacting readiness in order to make sure that our resources are allocated in the right direction,” the official said.

The Pentagon is currently carrying out a process to reach that goal including: voluntary separations, a hiring freeze and the dismissal of 5,400 probationary employees, the official told reporters.

As of right now, 21,000 civilian employees have been approved for the Deferred Resignation Program, the official said, though ABC News previously reported more than 31,000 employees had put in for that program. The hiring freeze means that the average 6,000 employees who join the Pentagon every month are not coming in as other employees leave. The official would not elaborate on the status of the probationary employees whose dismissal was paused by a federal lawsuit.

-ABC News' Luis Martinez

The Republican-led House Judiciary Committee is ramping up its probe into the Department of Justice under President Joe Biden.

Chairman Jim Jordan is requesting transcribed interviews from several DOJ employees who served under Biden, including one from David Weiss -- who led the criminal investigation into Hunter Biden.

“During the 118th Congress, the Committee sought to work in good faith with the Biden-Harris Administration's DOJ to to conduct oversight in a constructive manner. However, the Biden-Harris DOJ dictated unilateral and severe scope limitations on the Committee's fact-finding and directed Department witnesses appearing before the Committee to not answer questions on the vast majority of topics. The Committee looks forward to the cooperation of all witnesses requested today,” Jordan wrote.

-ABC News’ Lauren Peller