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

 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.

Schumer says he’s not stepping down amid calls for new leadership

Amid calls for him to step down as Senate Minority Leader, Sen. Chuck Schumer said he would not and defended his decision to support the continuing resolution to fund the government.

“The CR was certainly bad, you know, the continuing resolution. But a shutdown would be 15 or 20 times worse,” Schumer told NBC’s “Meet the Press” on Sunday. “Under a shutdown, the Executive Branch has sole power to determine what is, quote, "essential." And they can determine without any court supervision. The courts have ruled it's solely up to the executive what to shut down. With Musk, and DOGE, and Trump, and this guy [Office of Management and Budget Director Russell] Vought, as the head of OMB, they would eviscerate the federal government.”

In an interview with co-anchor Jonathan Karl on ABC News’ “This Week,” independent Sen. Bernie Sanders said he’s been disappointed with Democrats’ response to Trump’s second term. But he said the issue goes beyond Schumer.

“There's been nobody more critical of Chuck Schumer than I have been, and not just on this thing. But the bottom line is not just Chuck Schumer, it's not just Chuck Schumer. It is, you got a Democratic Party in general that is dominated by billionaires, just as the Republican Party is that is operates under the leadership of a bunch of inside developments, very well paid, who are way out of touch with the 32,000 people who are here today,” he said from Denver at a stop on his “Fighting Oligarchy”

Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna would not say if he would encourage Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to challenge Schumer for reelection in three years, but said there are others in the party who have to encourage her to do so.

“Well, that's really her decision. I will say that there were a lot of people at the Democratic retreat who had encouraged her,” Khanna said on CNN’s “State of the Union.” “But here's what I will say: the American people are fed up with the old guard. There needs to be a renewal. You know, in Silicon Valley, when a company isn't doing well, you don't keep the same team, and I think there's going to be a new generation in this country. They want to see a more compelling economic message.”