Trump admin updates: Trump teases 'big day' at White House
President Donald Trump also said Zelenskyy can end the war "almost immediately."
President Donald Trump returned from Alaska after his high-stakes meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, and the president's crime-reduction push in Washington, D.C. continues.
National Guard are in Washington as part of Trump's plan to reduce violent crime in the city.
On Friday, an order by U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi designating the head of the Drug Enforcement Administration Terry Cole as the District's "Emergency Police Commissioner" was retooled after a legal challenge by local officials.
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National Guard troops arriving in DC
National Guard troops are arriving in Washington after President Donald Trump announced on Monday that 800 National Guard troops would be deployed as he declared a public safety emergency -- despite the city’s mayor noting violent crime is at a 30-year low.
It's the first time the National Guard has been deployed to Washington since 2021 after the violent attack on the U.S. Capitol.
Bowser and Bondi expected to meet Tuesday: Sources
Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser and Attorney General Pam Bondi are expected to meet on Tuesday, sources familiar with the matter said.
Bowser said on Monday during her press conference that she had reached out to Bondi and she hoped to schedule a meeting "soon." Bowser on Monday called President Donald Trump's federal takeover of the Metropolitan Police Department and deployment of the National Guard "unsettling and unprecedented."
A DOJ spokesperson confirmed the meeting to ABC News. Bowser's office didn't immediately comment.
-ABC News' Katherine Faulders, Alexander Mallin an Luke Barr
Trump extends trade truce with China for another 90 days
Hours before the deadline was to go into effect, President Donald Trump signed an executive order extending the United States and China trade truce another 90 days, according to an announcement on social media.
“I have just signed an Executive Order that will extend the Tariff Suspension on China for another 90 days. All other elements of the Agreement will remain the same,” Trump wrote.
The new deadline will expire on Nov. 9. at 12:01 a.m.
When asked during the press conference earlier Monday if the president intends to extend the China trade-truce deadline, which was previously set to end Monday night at midnight, Trump declined to answer.
“We’ll see what happens,” Trump said.
Ahead of the trade truce, the current tariff rate on Chinese imports entering the U.S. was 145%.
Trump picks Heritage Foundation economist for Labor Statistics post
Trump announced on social media that E.J. Antoni will be the next commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Antoni served as the chief economist at The Heritage Foundation.
"Our Economy is booming, and E.J. will ensure that the Numbers released are HONEST and ACCURATE. I know E.J. Antoni will do an incredible job in this new role," Trump wrote on social media.
His announcement comes as the latest report on inflation will be released Tuesday morning. July inflation is expected to have ticked up to 2.8% compared to a year ago.
It will be the first major BLS report since the then-BLS Commissioner Erika McEntarfer was fired earlier this month after a disappointing jobs report.
-ABC News’ Kelsey Walsh