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Last Updated: August 31, 2025, 2:39 PM EDT

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.

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Aug 26, 2025, 10:36 AM EDT

Indiana Republicans meeting with White House with redistricting expected on the agenda

Republican legislators from Indiana are set to meet on Tuesday with officials from the White House. ABC News reported last week that it's expected mid-decade redistricting will be discussed, as the White House ramps up pressure on Indiana state lawmakers to redraw congressional districts ahead of next year's midterm elections.

Spokespeople for Indiana state Rep. Todd Huston, the Speaker of the Indiana House, and state Sen. Rodric Bray, President pro tempore of the state Senate, confirmed to ABC News on Tuesday that Huston and Bray are joining the meeting.

A spokesperson for Bray said redistricting was not listed as part of the agenda; the meetings have been framed to press as similar to ones that the White House has held with other states about collaborating.

President Donald Trump speaks to the press during a bilateral meeting with South Korean President Lee Jae Myung in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, August 25, 2025.
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The White House, however, has openly indicated it would like Indiana to redraw its maps, as part of a broader push for the Republican Party to pick up more U.S. House seats in the 2026 midterm elections and bolster its slim majority.

-ABC News' Oren Oppenheim

Aug 26, 2025, 8:57 AM EDT

Trump to hold Cabinet meeting at the White House

On President Donald Trump's schedule for Tuesday is a meeting of his Cabinet at 11 a.m. ET.

It will be the seventh Cabinet meeting of Trump's second term. It comes as Trump's federal takeover of Washington continues and as Trump seeks to remove Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook from her position.

President Donald Trump speaks to the press during a bilateral meeting with South Korean President Lee Jae Myung in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, August 25, 2025.
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Aug 25, 2025, 9:00 PM EDT

Judge orders deposition of Kari Lake in contempt probe related to Voice of America

U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth is ordering Trump administration senior adviser Kari Lake and two other Voice of America officials to sit for sworn depositions by Sept. 15.

Senior Advisor for the U.S. Agency for Global Media Kari Lake speaks during a House Committee on Foreign Affairs hearing, June 25, 2025 in Washington.
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Lamberth is probing whether the Trump administration violated an April order he issued requiring the restoration of News programming at Voice of America.

On July 30, he ordered the Trump administration to answer a series of questions to determine if they had complied with the court’s order. He determined their response “fails to provide the information ordered in the Court’s order to Show Cause – let alone explain how they are in compliance with the court’s preliminary injunction,” according to a filing issued earlier Monday.

He said the depositions are “one final opportunity, short of a contempt trial” for Trump officials to explain whether they defied the court’s order to restore programming.

The Trump administration has fired more than 1,000 employees at Voice of America, which once had a reach of more than 350 million across the globe weekly, after Trump signed an order in March dismantling the entity. The Trump administration has previously argued that the organization continues to provide the legally required services needed to comply with the judge's order.

The US Agency for Global Media did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Aug 25, 2025, 5:59 PM EDT

Trump appears with bruising on back of hand

Trump appeared at events today with what appeared to bruises on the back of his hand.

When asked about the bruising that was apparent to reporters, the White House referred ABC News to a July 17 memo from the president's physician, Dr. Sean Barbabella, attributing the bruising on his hand to a combination of aspirin therapy and frequent handshaking.

A mark on a hand of U.S. President Donald Trump is seen during a meeting with South Korean President Lee Jae Myung at the Oval Office, at the White House, in Washington, August 25, 2025.
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-ABC News’ Michelle Stoddart

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