How are we?

It's a newsy day, indeed.

And last night, we saw the very best of America.

After spending nearly 300 days aboard the

International Space Station, Butch Wilmore and

Sonny Williams are back on Earth.

These two incredible astronauts were only supposed to be up there for eight days, but because of the Biden administration's lack of urgency, they ended up spending nine months in space.

Joe Biden's lack of courage to act boldly and decisively was a big reason why Butch and Sonny did not make it back until yesterday.

But President Trump doesn't waste time.

Immediately after taking office, President Trump directed Elon Musk and SpaceX to rescue these brave astronauts alongside NASA.

The President also called the acting administrator of NASA and told her to bring the astronauts home as soon as possible.

As acting administrator Janet Petro said herself yesterday, per President Trump's direction, NASA and SpaceX worked diligently to pull the schedule a month earlier.

The President looks forward to welcoming

Butch and Sonny to the Oval Office when they are recovered.

This historic mission brings new meaning to

President Trump's promise to always look out for the forgotten man and woman.

On another important matter, yesterday,

President Trump and President Putin spoke about the need for peace and a ceasefire in the

Ukraine war.

Both leaders agreed this conflict needs to end with a lasting peace and also stressed the need for improved bilateral relations between the

United States and Russia.

President Trump also spoke with President

Zelensky this morning to align both Russia and

Ukraine in terms of their needs and requests.

As President Trump has said repeatedly, the precious lives and money that both Ukraine and

Russia have been spending in this war would be better spent on the needs of their people.

This terrible conflict would have never started with President Trump in charge, but he's determined to end it once and for all.

President Trump also promised maximum transparency and a commitment to rebuild the trust of the American people in our intelligence community.

Part of that promise was to fully release previously classified records related to the assassination of former President John F.

Kennedy, and he made that happen yesterday.

This historic release consisted of approximately 80,000 pages of previously classified records that are now published.

The records are available to access either online at archives.gov slash JFK or in person accessible to the American people at the National Archives in

College Park, Maryland.

Records that are currently only available for in person viewing are being digitized and will be uploaded in the coming days.

On another note, positive economic data continues to pour in, showing the immediate impact of

President Trump's pro-growth agenda.

After suffering a steep decline in the final year of the Biden administration, the manufacturing sector came roaring back in February.

Industrial production surged in February.

These are new numbers.

Three times at a greater three times rate than the expectations to its highest ever recorded level.

And President Trump's laser focus on massive deregulation and unleashing our domestic energy industry is leading to stabilities for

Americans' bottom lines.

As Newsweek summed it up today, gas prices are plummeting under President Trump.

And the Trump administration continues to make American communities safer through our ongoing mass deportation campaign of illegal alien criminals.

Yesterday, FBI Director Kash Patel announced the agency captured another fugitive from its 10 most wanted list, securing the extradition of Francisco

Javier Roman Bardelas, a key senior leader of the brutal MS-13 gang.

And the brave men and women of ICE also arrested a number of dangerous aliens across the country in recent days.

You will see them on this screen.

ICE San Francisco just arrested a citizen of

Guatemala convicted of sexual battery.

ICE New Orleans arrested a citizen of Ecuador convicted of rape in Suffolk County, New York.

ICE Atlanta arrested a citizen of Mexico convicted of assault by strangulation.

ICE Dallas arrested a citizen of Mexico convicted of assault with a firearm and rape with a foreign object.

And ICE Houston arrested a citizen of Guatemala convicted of indecent sexual contact with a child in Texas.

These are heinous criminal alien monsters who the previous administration allowed to flood into our country.

And every time President Trump and this team deport one of them, our country becomes safer.

Finally, before I open it up to questions, I want to tout how successful our efforts have been in filling out President Trump's administration.

There have been a record number of 281 Senate confirmed nominations already, with another 280 in process.

Here at the White House, OPM, and GSA, we have filled 100 percent of the total number of slots.

And this is a record number of placements in the first 58 days of any administration, and a testament to the caliber and the sheer quantity of talented people who want to work for President Trump to make America great again.

Here in our new media seat today, we have Katie

Pavlich.

Katie is the editor of Townhall.com, which is a subsidiary of Townhall Media.

It's a leading conservative news and opinion outlet based right here in Washington, D.C., with writers and journalists reporting around the country.

Last year, Townhall Media had 60 million unique users and 1.4 billion page views, with a broad reach on a number of social media platforms.

With that, Katie, please kick us off.

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Can Americans expect to see who are formerly

Iranian- José Dali members now designated as foreign terrorists from the U.S.

to El Salvador or elsewhere?

Can Americans expect to see those flights sometime soon?

Americans can absolutely expect to see the continuation of the mass deportation campaign that has been successfully led by this President,

Secretary of Homeland Security Christy Nome, and also our Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

Since you brought up the judges, I would like to ask you about the judges.

The judges are acting erroneously.

We have judges who are acting as partisan activists from the bench.

They are trying to dictate policy from the

President of the United States.

They are trying to clearly slow walk this administration's agenda, and it's unacceptable.

As the President said last night, we will continue to comply with these court orders.

We will continue to fight these battles in courts.

But it's incredibly apparent that there is a concerted effort by the far left to judge shop to pick judges who are clearly acting as partisan activists from the bench in an attempt to derail this President's agenda.

We will not allow that to happen.

And not only are they usurping the will of the

President and the chief executive of our country, but they are undermining the will of the American public, tens of millions of Americans who duly elected this President to implement the policies that are coming out of this White House.

The Press And then one more question.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said yesterday that he was united with Democrats in working against Americans who, quote, their attitude is, I made my money all by myself.

How dare your government take my money from me?

Or, I built my company with my bare hands.

How dare your government tell me how to treat my customers?

What is the President's response to this, given his upcoming tax agenda and need to work on

Capitol Hill?

Ms. McEnany Well, we certainly hope that

Democrats all of a sudden are for more money in the pockets of the American public.

The President has made it incredibly clear that he is committed to tax cuts.

He is committed to passing a big reconciliation package later this year, ending no taxes on tips, taxes on overtime, no taxes on Social Security for our hardworking seniors.

And we encourage everybody on Capitol Hill to support that when it comes to the finish line, especially Democrats, who clearly need a boost from the American public right now.

Their approvals are at an all-time record low.

Thanks for being with us, Katie.

Garrett.

The Press One other question, but I want to follow up on Katie's question, actually.

You said that mass deportation campaign would continue.

But she asked about the flights specifically.

Will those flights to El Salvador continue while this case is being appealed?

Ms. McEnany We don't have any flights planned specifically, but we will continue with the mass deportations.

And I would just like to point out that the judge in this case is essentially trying to say that the President doesn't have the executive authority to deport foreign terrorists from our American soil.

That is an egregious abuse of the bench.

This judge cannot — does not have that authority.

It is the opinion of this White House and of this administration, and that's why we're fighting this in court.

And it's very, very clear that this is an activist judge who is trying to usurp the President's authority.

Under the Alien Enemies Act, the President has this power, and that's why this deportation campaign has continued.

And this judge, Judge Boasberg, is a Democrat activist.

He was appointed by Barack Obama.

His wife has donated more than $10,000 to Democrats, and he has consistently shown his disdain for this President and his policies, and it's unacceptable.

The Press.

You took me right where I wanted to go about the idea that these people are all foreign terrorists, but Judge Boasberg was originally appointed by

George W.

Bush and then elevated by Barack Obama.

I just feel like I should clear that up.

Ms. McEnany.

Well, let me just say something to that effect,

Garrett.

Sixty-seven percent of all of the injunctions in this century have come against which President?

Donald J.

Trump.

Let me say that again.

Sixty percent of the injunctions by partisan activists in the judicial branch have come against

President Donald Trump, and 92 percent of those have been from Democrat-appointed judges.

This is a clear, concerted effort by leftists who don't like this President and are trying to impose or slow down his agenda.

The Press.

So, given that, do you think it's a good use of

Congress's time and the President's political capital to try to impeach and remove a federal judge, which would take 67 votes you're unlikely to get in the Senate?

Ms. McEnany.

Well, look, the President has made it clear that he believes this judge in this case should be impeached, and he has also made it clear that he has great respect for the Chief Justice, John Roberts.

And it's incumbent upon the Supreme Court to rein in these activist judges.

These partisan activists are undermining the judicial branch by doing so.

We have co-equal branches of government for a reason, and the President feels very strongly about that.

Jackie.

The Press.

What options does the President have to – he says he's going to follow court orders, he wouldn't defy a court order, but he's raised these concerns about these judges acting in such a partisan way.

What option does he have to ensure that his agenda continues to move forward while this is ongoing and the judges appear to be trying to just block and delay and impede?

Ms. McEnany.

Well, you're right.

They are trying to block, delay, and impede.

This is lawfare.

The President is no stranger to it.

He faced it in his campaign.

And this is a continuation of the lawfare that

President Trump faced as a candidate, and he's now, unfortunately, facing as a President.

Clearly, these partisan activists in the judicial branch didn't get the memo on November 5th when the

American people overwhelmingly reelected this President to continue with mass deportation.

So, White House Counsel and the Department of

Justice are working on this.

They're appealing these cases, and we will continue to use the full weight of the White House

Counsel's Office and the President's team of lawyers to fight this in court because we know we will win even if we have to go all the way to the

Supreme Court.

One more on TDA.

Andy McCarthy said in an interview with Hugh Hewitt he certainly agrees with what the President is trying to do with the Alien Enemies Act, but he's not sure that the law is completely on his side.

He cites some previous Supreme Court rulings dealing with enemy combatants in wartime, says that even they have a right to challenge their detention in court.

He raised concern also that while TDA has been designated as a terrorist organization, these individuals hadn't been prosecuted for terrorism.

So, my question is, will the President ask

Congress, potentially, to declare war on these cartels for the invasion that he's talked about so that he's on stronger legal footing?

Ms. McEnany.

Well, we absolutely disagree with the legal opinion of the individual that you mentioned.

We would not have moved forward with this if we didn't believe the President.

This was within the President's executive authority to continue with this mass deportation effort under the authority provided to him under the

Alien Enemies Act.

And when you read the act, as I did last time at the podium, a predatory incursion is absolutely what has happened with Tren de Aragua.

They have been sent here by the hostile Maduro regime in Venezuela.

And the President, immediately upon taking office, designated TDA as a foreign terrorist organization.

And under this act, it is within the President's authority to deport these terrorists.

And anybody trying to defend these terrorists who have now been sent off of American soil should talk to the families of the individuals who these heinous monsters have killed and have raped.