Trump admin updates: White House officials hold prayer vigil for Charlie Kirk

President Donald Trump spoke with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the prime minister of Qatar after Israel's strike in Doha targeting senior Hamas leadership, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Thursday.

Leavitt read out a statement from the White House on the strike, which showed some daylight between the U.S. and Israel. Trump "feels very badly" about the location of the strike, Leavitt said, describing it as an "unfortunate incident."

"This morning, the Trump administration was notified by the United States military that as Israel was attacking Hamas, which very unfortunately was located in a section of Doha, the capital of Qatar, unilaterally bombing inside Qatar, a sovereign nation and close ally of the United States that is working very hard and bravely taking risks with us to broker peace does not advance Israel or America's goals," Leavitt said.

"However, eliminating Hamas, who have profited off the misery of those living in Gaza, is a worthy goal. President Trump immediately directed special envoy [Steve] Witkoff to inform the Qataris of the impending attack, which he did," Leavitt continued. "The president views Qatar as a strong ally and friend of the United States, and feels very badly about the location of this attack. President Trump wants all of the hostages in Gaza and the bodies of the dead released in this war to end."

"President Trump believes this unfortunate incident could serve as an opportunity for peace," she added.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters that President Donald Trump will mark the 24th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks with two events.

In the morning, the president will visit the memorial at the Pentagon, where one of the four hijacked planes struck.

Later in the evening, he will attend the New York Yankees game against the Detroit Tigers at Yankee Stadium.

Vice President JD Vance and second lady Usha Vance will visit Ground Zero on Thursday to commemorate the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, according to a press release from the White House.

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Talking with radio host Sid Rosenberg on WABC in a phone interview, President DonaldTrump continued to tease his plans of sending federal troops into Chicago.

"But we'll do the same thing in Chicago, but ask politely to say, we need help. And they keep saying, you know, they have it under control," Trump said.

Trump said during the interview that at a "certain point," he'll have to intervene on crime in Democratic-led cities.

"And we're going to make our city safe, one way or the other, and at a certain point would just say, I'm sorry, we're going in. Be nice to be asked. But you know, they're all Democrat governors and mayors, just about all of them. If you really look, we have a couple of cities too. But in terms of the really bad stuff, they're all Democrat involved," Trump said.

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Massachusetts Sen. Ed Markey and Progressive Caucus Chair Emerita Rep. Pramila Jayapal rallied more than 150 Georgetown University students on Tuesday morning during a walkout protesting President Trump’s federal takeover of Washington.

“This is not about policing. This is about political theater, because Trump's political rating is going down because he knows that he is vulnerable," Markey said at the rally. Markey blasted Republicans in Congress who he said are “standing in lockstep” with the president.

“They do whatever he wants, and even if they disagree with him, they sit in silence,” Markey told ABC News “That's why people at the grass roots [level], students, activists, have to stand up, raise their voices, and let them know that this can be a huge political price that they will have to pay."

The students protested President Trump’s federal takeover as they returned to school amid weeks of turmoil in the district. Students from Georgetown University kicked off the first of four coordinated responses to the federal siege -- with students at Howard University, George Washington University, and American University planning to hold similar demonstrations throughout the day.

“We're turning out students on Georgetown’s campus and across D.C. to stand up and give that strong show of force to Trump to say, ‘we will not tolerate your occupation, we will not tolerate our campus compliance with this occupation,'" said American University student Kaden Ouimet, a student rep for advocacy group Free DC/

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