Trump administration updates: Schumer continues to face calls for new leadership
The Senate minority leader says he's not going anywhere.
Sen. Chuck Schumer said Sunday he has no plans to step aside as Senate minority leader as criticism of Schumer and of Democrats' ineffectiveness in combatting President Donald Trump's agenda continues.
Meanwhile, the Trump administration sent another group of migrants to Guantanamo Bay, alleging many are members of the Venezuelan gang Tren De Aragua, an official with knowledge of the flight told ABC News. But deportation flights of Venezuelans to El Salvador remain on hold while the administration fights a judge's order to curtail those flights while their legality is decided.
Trump on Friday announced a new F-47 fighter jet with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and signed a series of presidential actions before departing the White House for his golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey. The actions included one rescinding the security clearances of several former Biden officials and political opponents.
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- Schumer says he’s not stepping down amid calls for new leadership
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- Trump administration deports Venezuelans to Guantanamo Bay, official says
Trump speaking with Russia's Vladimir Putin
President Donald Trump began the highly anticipated phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin at 10 a.m. ET. and it was still ongoing as of 10:54 a.m.
The White House has provided a brief glimpse into the phone conversation, saying it is "going well," according to deputy chief of staff Dan Scavino.
Trump takes aim at judge amid court battle over deportation flights
President Donald Trump is ramping up criticism of U.S. District Judge Jeb Boasberg, who conducted a "fact-finding" hearing on Monday over whether the Trump administration knowingly violated a court order when it flew more than 200 alleged gang members to El Salvador over the weekend.
In a new social media post, Trump suggested the federal judge should be impeached.
"This judge, like many of the Crooked Judges' I am forced to appear before, should be IMPEACHED!!!" Trump wrote. "WE DON'T WANT VICIOUS, VIOLENT, AND DEMENTED CRIMINALS, MANY OF THEM DERANGED MURDERERS, IN OUR COUNTRY."
-ABC News' Kelsey Walsh
DOGE, DC police force way into independent US Institute for Peace
DOGE staffers entered the independent nonprofit U.S. Institute for Peace (USIP) on Monday night. Acting President and CEO George Moose told reporters that the group had "broken in" to the building after being rebuffed on Friday. USIP posted a statement on Saturday following the incident.
The White House and DOGEare saying that Moose is no longer in charge of USIP and was removed on March 14, and that Kenneth Jackson has now been installed as CEO.
The administration has also apparently fired most of the 15-member board, save for the officials who are legally mandated to sit on it: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and National Defense University President Peter Garvin. The remaining 12 members are typically selected by the president and confirmed through the Senate.
-ABC News' Chad Murray and Nicholas Kerr
Tulsi Gabbard backs Trump’s ‘clear-eyed’ Ukraine-Russia negotiations
The Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard said President Donald Trump is “clear-eyed” and is “focused on peace” in efforts to end the war between Ukraine and Russia, speaking during two interviews in India.
When asked about an upcoming meeting between Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, Gabbard said, “With any of these kinds of negotiations, there's a lot of work that goes between people representing both countries, or all of the countries involved in this situation, and at the appropriate time, I'm sure that President Trump will have a very productive conversation with Putin, once again, rooted in his current commitment to peace.”
She added, "In a very short period of time, President Trump has made much more progress towards peace than any effort that has occurred by anyone previously. So we're very encouraged by this progress, and President Trump remains committed to the objective of peace.”
“He's looking forward to success in those negotiations, not for himself, but for the cause of peace and to stop the killing of innocent and taking of innocent lives there,” she said.