President Donald Trump on Thursday revoked the Secret Service detail for former Vice President Kamala Harris that was previously extended by former President Joe Biden.
Meanwhile, fallout continues from the White House's attempt to remove Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Susan Monarez.
Health and Human Services Deputy Secretary Jim O'Neill has been tapped as the interim director of the CDC, a White House official confirmed to ABC News.
President Donald Trump is now meeting with South Korean President Lee Jae-myung in the Oval Office.
Trump said the discussions would center on trade and shipbuilding.
Lee took office in June following political turmoil in South Korea after former President Yoon Suk Yeol declared martial law and was subsequently impeached. Lee praised Trump and said he wanted the U.S. to play a role in establishing peace on the Korean peninsula.
President Donald Trump welcomes South Korean President Lee Jae Myung at the White House in Washington, August 25, 2025.
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Aug 25, 2025, 12:51 PM EDT
Trump says he'll meet North Korea’s Kim Jong Un 'at some point'
President Donald Trump said on Monday he will meet North Korea's Kim Jong Un "at some point."
"I look forward to it, actually," Trump said.
Trump said he "got along great" with the North Korean leader. They met several times during his first presidency, and Trump was the first sitting U.S. president to step into North Korea.
"I know him better than you do. I know him better than anybody, almost, other than his sister," Trump said of Kim.
President Donald Trump speaks as he signs executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House, Aug. 25, 2025, in Washington.
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Aug 25, 2025, 12:28 PM EDT
Trump says he's spoken to Putin since last Monday's talks
President Donald nTrump said he's spoken with Russian President Vladimir Putin since his call with the Russian leader last Monday while hosting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and European leaders at the White House.
"Every conversation I have with him is a good conversation," Trump said. "And then, unfortunately, a bomb is loaded up into Kyiv or someplace, and then I get very angry about it. I think we're going to get the war done. It's tough."
"The fact that he went to Alaska, our country, I think, was a big statement that he wants to get it done," Trump added.
Despite Trump's rapid-fire diplomacy in Alaska and Washington, the Kremlin's only poured cold water on Trump's push for a bilateral meeting between Putin and Zelenskyy. When asked why he thinks Putin is reluctant to meet with Zelenskyy, Trump responded: "Because he doesn't like him.
President Donald Trump listens in the Oval Office of the White House, Aug. 25, 2025, in Washington.
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Aug 25, 2025, 12:02 PM EDT
Trump: DOJ planning to file lawsuit against California redistricting effort
President Donald Trump said on Monday that the federal government plans to get involved to try to stop California's redistricting effort.
"I think I'm going to be filing a lawsuit pretty soon and I think we're going to be very successful in it," Trump said. "We're going to be filing it through the Department of Justice. That's going to happen."
Last week, California's state legislature passed bills that comprise the state's plan to put new congressional bills on the ballot in a November special election, in retaliation for a congressional redistricting plan moving forward in Texas. California Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, said the state was "standing up" to Trump and the GOP.
President Donald Trump speaks during an executive order signing in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, August 25, 2025.