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

The Pentagon declined Saturday to confirm a report that Secretary Pete Hegseth is planning to activate 1,000 Louisiana National Guard to help law enforcement in the state's "urban centers."

The Washington Post reported unsigned documents that showed a plan that "would allow the military to supplement law enforcement in cities such as New Orleans and Baton Rouge so long as Gov. Jeff Landry, a Republican who has expressed support for the idea, asks the federal government for such assistance."

ABC News has not confirmed the alleged documents.

In a statement attributed to a "war department official," the Pentagon said "leaked documents should not be interpreted as policy."

"We will not discuss these plans through leaked documents, pre-decisional or otherwise," the Pentagon said.

In order to use the Guard to conduct law enforcement, the president would need to rely on a state's governor to agree to mobilize the troops and keep them under his or her command.

Otherwise, the mission of the service members is restricted under law to protecting federal buildings and personnel.

After long promising to impose consequences on Russia in an effort to get President Putin to the negotiation table to end the war in Ukraine, Trump pressed NATO nations Saturday to join him before he imposes potential sanctions.

Trump posted on his social media platform an alleged letter he sent to NATO nations, urging them to stop purchasing Russian oil along with calling for “50% to 100% TARIFFS ON CHINA.”

“The purchase of Russian Oil, by some, has been shocking! It greatly weakens your negotiating position, and bargaining power, over Russia. Anyway, I am ready to 'go' when you are. Just say when?”

-ABC News' Lalee Ibssa

Former White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre sat for a closed deposition Friday with the GOP-led House Oversight Committee that has been probing former President Joe Biden's mental fitness.

Jean-Pierre did not respond to reporters who shouted questions.

Committee Chairman James Comer briefly told reporters, "We intentionally wanted Jean-Pierre to be one of the last people we bring in."

The chairman said the committee will release a report once it finishes closed interviews with former Biden officials. He signaled that a public hearing on Biden's use of autopen and "cognitive decline" is possible.

-ABC News' Lauren Peller

Trump is expected to meet on Friday evening in New York with Qatar's Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani and discuss the aftermath of the Israeli strike against Hamas leaders in Doha earlier this week, a White House official confirmed to ABC News.

The meeting comes on the heels of the Qatari prime minister's separate meeting at the White House with Secretary of State Marco Rubio Friday morning.

-ABC News' Isabella Murray