Trump admin live updates: Trump, Schumer trade barbs over Senate nominations

During his gaggle Sunday evening, President Donald Trump confirmed that the nuclear submarines have been deployed toward Russia.

“I've already put out a statement, and the answer is, they are in the region, yeah, where they have to be,” Trump said.

On Friday, Trump posted on his social media platform that he ordered two nuclear submarines “in the appropriate regions” in response to threats made by Dmitry Medvedev, the Deputy Chair of Russia's Security Council.

Trump told reporters Sunday that Special Envoy Steve Witkoff may be going to Russia on Wednesday or Thursday, but said his focus right now is on Gaza.

“But Steve is focused right now on the border, in terms of we're talking about with Gaza getting people fed, and he may be going, I think next week, Wednesday or Thursday, maybe going to Russia. They would like to see him. They've asked that he meet. So, we'll see what happens,” Trump said.

-ABC News' Hannah Demissie

NORAD fighter aircraft intercepted two civilian aircraft, one on Saturday and one on Sunday, after they violated Temporary Flight Restrictions in Bedminster, New Jersey, while Trump was there over the weekend.

Both aircraft were safely escorted out of the area. Flares were deployed during Sunday's incident, which occurred around 12:50 p.m. ET.

There were a total of five unauthorized incursions over the weekend -- three on Saturday and two on Sunday, according to an incident statement from NORAD.

"Once more, a strong reminder to pilots to read #FAA NOTAMs when preparing for and conducting all flights. Specifically for the Bedminster, New Jersey area. Fly informed. Fly safe," NORAD said in a post on X.

-ABC News’ Lauren Minore

In a post on his social media platform Sunday, Trump continued to claim that the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics inflated job numbers ahead of the 2024 election and changed them when he won the election.

"Head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics did the same thing just before the Presidential Election, when she lifted the numbers for jobs to an all time high,” Trump posted. “I then won the Election, anyway, and she readjusted the numbers downward, calling it a mistake, of almost one million jobs. A SCAM! She did it again, with another massive “correction,” and got FIRED! She had the biggest miscalculations in over 50 years," Trump wrote.

Trump fired Erika McEntarfer, commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics who was appointed by then-President Joe Biden and confirmed by the Senate in 2024, on Friday after a new jobs report showed a major slowdown of hiring in recent months.
-ABC News’ Hannah Demissie

White House national economic adviser Kevin Hassett suggested Sunday that the eight trade deals that the U.S. has secured are locked in when asked if those tariff rates could change.

“I think the these we have eight deals that cover about 55% of world GDP with our biggest trading partners, the EU and Japan and Korea and so on. And I expect that those batters are more or less locked in, although there will have to be some, you know, dancing around the edges about exactly what we mean when we do this or that, for the deals that aren't ready yet, they're going to get the reciprocal rates soon, and then we would expect that there might continue to be negotiations with those countries,” Hasset told NBC’s “Meet the Press.”

When asked directly if those eight deals are secured, Hassett said Trump has the final decision but added the president likes those deals.

“Yeah, the president will decide what the president decides, but the president likes those deals. The Europeans like those deals, and they're absolutely, historically wonderful deals,” Hassett said.

When Trump first announced his rounds of tariffs in April, he backtracked when the market reacted to the announcement. Asked if a market reaction could prompt Trump to change these tariff rates, Hassett said the markets have already seen what is happening with the tariffs and are reacting well.

“The markets have seen what we're doing and celebrated them, and so I don't see how that would happen,” he said.

Asked directly if he was ruling out a change in tariff rates depending on how the markets reacted, Hassett said, “No, I would rule it out, because these are the final deals,” Hassett said.

-ABC News’ Hannah Demissie