Trump admin updates: Trump marks 1 year since assassination attempt in Butler, PA

Trump reflected on the death of Corey Comperatore, who was killed at the rally.

ByKevin Shalvey, Alexandra Hutzler, and Ivan Pereira
Last Updated: July 13, 2025, 8:43 PM EDT

President Trump defended his attorney Pam Bondi on Saturday as leadership at the Justice Department and the FBI face turmoil over its handling of the Jeffrey Epstein investigation.

Trump praised Bondi for doing a "fantastic job" and urged his "boys" and "gals" to stop criticizing her. "LET PAM BONDI DO HER JOB — SHE’S GREAT!" he posted on his social media platform.

On Sunday, the president and first lady Melania Trump are attending the FIFA Club World Cup in East Rutherford, New Jersey.

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Jul 11, 2025, 11:28 AM EDT

Trump continues to slam Fed's Powell but says he won't fire him

"I think he's doing a terrible job," President Donald Trump said of Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell on Friday.

But when asked if would fire him, Trump said no.

Donald Trump speaks to the press before boarding Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC, on July 11, 2025.
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"I think we should be three points lower interest rate," Trump continued. "He's costing our country a lot of money. We should be No. 1 and we're not, and that's because of Jerome Powell."

The comments come after Russell Vought, Trump's director of the Office of Management and Budget, accused Powell of having "grossly mismanaged the Fed."

Jul 11, 2025, 10:39 AM EDT

Trump on whether he'll to talk to Brazil about 50% tariff: 'Maybe at some point'

President Donald Trump on Friday again came to the defense of Brazil's former president Jair Bolsonaro, who is charged with trying to overturn his 2022 election loss.

Trump was asked if he was going to talk with Brazil's leader after hitting the nation with import taxes of 50%.

"Maybe at some point I'll talk to him. Right now, I'm not," he responded. "They're treating President Bolsonaro very unfairly. He's a good man, you know, I know him well. I negotiated with him. He was a very tough negotiator, and I can tell you, he was a very honest man, and he loved the people of Brazil. He was a very tough guy to negotiate with. I shouldn't like him, because he was very tough in negotiations, but he was also very honest. And I know the honest ones, and I know the crooked ones."

Donald Trump speaks to the press before boarding Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC, on July 11, 2025.
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Jul 11, 2025, 10:37 AM EDT

Trump and first lady Melania Trump travel to Texas

President Donald Trump left the White House on Friday morning to travel to Texas one week after catastrophic flooding killed at least 121 people.

"We're going to Texas. Some of you are coming with us," he told reporters gathered on the South Lawn. "And it's a horrible thing, a horrible thing. Nobody can even believe it such a thing that much water, that fast, without a dam break. You'd think a dam would have to break the habit. So the terrible thing, but we're going to be there with some of the great families and others, the governor, everybody."

Donald Trump and Melania Trump walk to Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC, on July 11, 2025.
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Jul 10, 2025, 9:46 PM EDT

Vance to travel to Pennsylvania to promote Trump's megabill

Vice President JD Vance will travel to the battleground state of Pennsylvania to promote President Trump's megabill, his office confirmed to ABC News.

Vance will promote the bill next week in West Pittston in Luzerne County, where he'll hold a rally-style event at a manufacturing facility.

The trip by Vance marks one of the first significant efforts by the Trump administration to promote the bill since Trump signed it into law on July 4.

-ABC News' Hannah Demissie

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