Trump admin updates: ICE launches immigration enforcement operation in Boston

The Boston operation comes as Chicago braces for an immigration crackdown surge.

Last Updated: September 7, 2025, 8:59 PM EDT

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has launched an immigration enforcement operation in Boston, dubbed Patriot 2.0, according to a spokesperson for the Department of Homeland Security.

Meanwhile, President Donald Trump on Saturday posted a "Apocalypse Now"-themed post, telling officials that "Chicago is about to find out why it's called the Department of WAR." Trump signed an executive order Friday to change the name of the Department of Defense to the Department of War, though the official name change requires the approval of Congress.

Trump plans to attend the U.S. Open men's final tennis match in New York on Sunday, the White House said.

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Sep 05, 2025, 12:18 PM EDT

Trump pushes claim that Democrats are politicizing Epstein files

President Donald Trump said it is "time to end the Democrat Epstein Hoax, and give the Republicans credit for the great, even legendary, job that they are doing," in a social media post Friday.

After survivors linked to the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein testified to lawmakers on the Hill earlier this week, Trump is accusing Democrats of politicizing their stories.

"They knew everything there was to know about Epstein, but now, years after his death, they, out of nowhere, are seeming to show such love and heartfelt concern for his victims. Does anybody really believe that?," Trump said in the post.

Trump also claimed that the Justice Department has given Congress "everything requested of them."

However, House Oversight Chairman James Comer told ABC News' Linsey Davis earlier this week that he was anticipating a new trove of Epstein-related documents from the DOJ "any day."

-ABC News' John Parkinson and Michelle Stoddart

Sep 05, 2025, 11:02 AM EDT

Trump takes aim at Fed's Powell after weak jobs report

President Donald Trump is once again criticizing Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, saying that he should have "lowered rates long ago."

The president did not weigh in on Friday's weak jobs report in the brief social media post.

"Jerome 'Too Late' Powell should have lowered rates long ago. As usual, he’s 'Too Late!'" the post read.

President Donald Trump speaks during a dinner in the State Dinning Room of the White House, Sept. 4, 2025, in Washington.
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Sep 05, 2025, 11:01 AM EDT

White House economic adviser brushes off jobs report

One of President Donald Trump's top economic advisers shrugged off Friday's jobs report, which was lower than expected, saying that they expect the numbers to be revised up and also pointing to other positive indicators they saw in the report.

White House Director of the National Economic Council Kevin Hassett told reporters that "all the indicators that we're seeing are that inflation is low and economic growth is solid, income growth solid as well. So that the only part of the data that's disappointing is the jobs numbers have been a little bit lower over the last three or four months."

White House National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett speaks during a television interview outside the White House, September 5, 2025 in Washington.
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Hassett was pressed by reporters on why he expects the jobs numbers to be revised up.

"What I'm saying is that if you get the typical revision for August, which is about 60,000 then the jobs number would be about consistent with the other indicators that we're seeing," Hassett said.

Read more about Friday's jobs report here.

-ABC New' Michelle Stoddart

Sep 05, 2025, 7:13 AM EDT

Trump says India, Russia 'lost' to 'deepest, darkest, China'

President Donald Trump said in a post on social media on Friday that it looks like "we’ve lost India and Russia to deepest, darkest, China."

The post is accompanied by a photo of Chinese President Xi with Russian President Putin and Indian Prime Minister Modi together.

"May they have a long and prosperous future together!," Trump added in the post.

The post comes after Trump alleged that those nations, along with others at a recent summit, were there to "conspire" against the U.S.

-ABC News' Michelle Stoddart

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