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President Donald Trump on Friday signed an executive order renaming the Department of Defense to the "Department of War."

"I think it's a much more appropriate name, especially in light of where the world is right now," Trump said. "We have the strongest military in the world. We have the greatest equipment in the world. We have the greatest manufacturers of equipment by far. There's nobody to even compete."

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the name change was about "restoring the warrior ethos" in the military.

The formal renaming of the department would require Congress to act, but the order is expected to say the new name can be used in official correspondence and ceremonial contexts and non-statutory documents.

Trump was asked if he thought Congress would codify the name change. "I don't know, but we're going to find out. But I'm not sure they have to," he responded.

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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

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.

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."

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