Republican lawmakers gathered at the Kennedy Center.
White House officials and Republican lawmakers gathered at the Kennedy Center at 6 p.m. to hold a prayer vigil in remembrance of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.
On Saturday, after long promising to impose consequences on Russia in an effort to get President Vladimir Putin to the negotiating table to end the war in Ukraine, President Donald Trump pressed NATO nations to join him before he imposes potential sanctions.
Speaker Mike Johnson said Sunday that there is an appetite in Congress to impose sanctions on Russia, which he said are "overdue."
Trump posted late Tuesday afternoon on his social media platform that trade negotiations are "continuing" with India -- saying that he'd be speaking with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the "upcoming weeks."
"I feel certain that there will be no difficulty in coming to a successful conclusion for both of our Great Countries!" Trump wrote.
-ABC News' Isabella Murray
Asked by ABC News if he agrees with President Donald Trump's comments that certain vaccines work "pure and simple," Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said, "I agree with that."
Trump on Friday, when asked about the change in school requirements in Florida, said the decision ran the risk of spreading diseases and issued his support for vaccines that "work." Trump defended the polio and COVID vaccines, specifically.
"Look, you have vaccines that work. They just pure and simple work. They're not controversial at all. And I think those vaccines should be used. Otherwise some people are going to catch it and they endanger other people," Trump told reporters.
ABC News also asked Kennedy about any further changes he plans to make to vaccine access, beyond the COVID shot. He said the CDC panel meeting later this month would make that determination after a "real gold standard scientific review."
-ABC News' Cheyenne Haslett
The Supreme Court has agreed to an expedited review of President Donald Trump's appeal of lower court decisions that his sweeping global tariffs are unlawful. Arguments in the high-stakes case will be heard the first week of November, according to an order released by the court on Tuesday afternoon.
-ABC News' Devin Dwyer
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt was asked about the Epstein case and if President Donald Trump was willing to meet with the victims of Epstein's crimes
The press secretary said the Justice Department has "done more in terms of transparency when it comes to the Epstein case than any prior administration.
"Why are the Democrats all of a sudden caring about this? It's because they're desperately trying to concoct a hoax to smear the president of the United States. We have seen this time and time again," she said.
When another reporter asked about the alleged letter that Trump gave to Epstein for a 50th "birthday book," Leavitt repeated Trump's denial that he wrote and drew the letter. She maintained that the signature on the image is not his.
Trump himself has not made a claim about the signature.
When asked by another reporter if the White House was open to getting a handwriting expert to review the signature, Leavitt responded, "Sure, we would support that."
