Trump says 3rd term isn't a joke, despite term limit

The Trump administration moved to officially dissolve the U.S. Agency for International Development, according to a memo distributed to agency employees on Friday.

Jeremy Lewin, the agency's new deputy director and a former DOGE official, wrote. In a memo obtained by ABC News, Lewin said the State Department "will seek to retire USAID's independent operation" immediately and "assess" whether to rehire some unknown number of officials to "assume the responsible administration of USAID's remaining life-saving and strategic aid programming."

As part of the move, the memo continued, "all non-statutory positions at USAID will be eliminated."

"Thanks to President Trump, this misguided and fiscally irresponsible era is now over. We are reorienting our foreign assistance programs to align directly with what is best for the United States and our citizens," Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in a statement.

The State Department also said that its leadership, along with USAID leadership in place, had notified Congress of its intent to reorganize some USAID functions within the State Department by July 1.

The overall push to eliminate USAID is being challenged in multiple court cases.

-ABC News' Will Steakin, Shannon Kingston and Lucien Bruggeman

Overnight, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth had another press event in the Philippines, where he was asked if he bore any responsibility for what other government officials labeling the Signal chat a mistake.

He answered by saying his job is to deter and defeat enemies and he was proud of U.S. Central Command. He didn't apologize or call it a mistake.

"We are reestablishing deterrence, and as the leader of that department, my job is to advise and work alongside the president and then work with my fellow Cabinet members to ensure that we're operationalizing in every way possible," he said.

Later, as he was boarding a flight to Japan, a reporter asked Hegseth if he would comply with a federal judge's order to preserve the texts in the Signal chat. His response was, "I'm going to get on the plane."

-ABC News' Luis Martinez

A federal judge in Manhattan on Friday gave Voice of America a reprieve.

Judge Paul Oetken agreed to temporarily block the Trump administration from making deep cuts to the Agency for Global Media, the entity that controls VOA.

-ABC News' Aaron Katersky

President Donald Trump confirmed he spoke with Canada's prime minister on Friday and that they would meet after Canada holds elections, which are scheduled for next month.

"I just finished speaking with Prime Minister Mark Carney, of Canada," Trump wrote on his social media platform. "It was an extremely productive call, we agree on many things, and will be meeting immediately after Canada's upcoming Election to work on elements of Politics, Business, and all other factors, that will end up being great for both the United States of America and Canada. Thank you for your attention to this matter!"

The call comes amid tensions between the U.S. and Canada over the Trump administration's tariff policy. Carney on Thursday said the U.S. was no longer a "reliable partner" and that "the old relationship we had with the United States based on deepening integration of our economies and tight security and military cooperation is over."