Trump admin updates: ICE launches immigration enforcement operation in Boston
The Boston operation comes as Chicago braces for an immigration crackdown surge.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has launched an immigration enforcement operation in Boston, dubbed Patriot 2.0, according to a spokesperson for the Department of Homeland Security.
Meanwhile, President Donald Trump on Saturday posted a "Apocalypse Now"-themed post, telling officials that "Chicago is about to find out why it's called the Department of WAR." Trump signed an executive order Friday to change the name of the Department of Defense to the Department of War, though the official name change requires the approval of Congress.
Trump plans to attend the U.S. Open men's final tennis match in New York on Sunday, the White House said.
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Trump says India, Russia 'lost' to 'deepest, darkest, China'
President Donald Trump said in a post on social media on Friday that it looks like "we’ve lost India and Russia to deepest, darkest, China."
The post is accompanied by a photo of Chinese President Xi with Russian President Putin and Indian Prime Minister Modi together.
"May they have a long and prosperous future together!," Trump added in the post.
The post comes after Trump alleged that those nations, along with others at a recent summit, were there to "conspire" against the U.S.
-ABC News' Michelle Stoddart
Trump says he'd like NYC's mayoral race to be 'one-on-one'
Following reports that New York City Mayor Eric Adams was allegedly being offered a position in the Trump administration as an incentive to drop out of the mayoral race, President Donald Trump told reporters Thursday that he would like to see the race be "one-on-one."
The New York Times reported Wednesday that advisers to Trump have discussed giving incumbent Mayor Eric Adams, who is running as an independent, a position in the administration to clear the field and set up a head-to-head race between mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani and former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who lost the Democratic primary to Mamdani and is now running as an independent.
The talks have also involved Republican candidate Curtis Sliwa, the Times reported.
Adams' campaign denied to ABC News that he had spoken with Trump and said he was not offered or asked for a role in Trump's administration.
On Thursday, the president said “No” when asked if he’d urged any mayoral candidates to drop out, but went on to say he would like for it to be a head-to-head race.
"I would like to see two people drop out and have it be one-on-one. And I think that's a race that could be won," Trump said.
In mid-July, after the Democratic primary, Trump told reporters that Cuomo should remain in the race.
-ABC News' Hannah Demissie
Vance slams senators for grilling Kennedy
The vice president took to X to slam senators who grilled Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. during Thursday's hearing.
Vice President JD Vance, who did not name anyone specifically, accused the senators of "trying to lecture and 'gotcha' Bobby Kennedy," and used vulgarity to criticize them.
GOP senators sidestep questions over confidence in RFK Jr.
Two Republican senators -- both doctors -- sidestepped questions from ABC News asking if they have confidence in Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to continue leading HHS, as Thursday's hearing wrapped up.
When asked if RFK Jr. assuaged his concerns or if the HHS secretary should resign, Sen. Bill Cassidy referred to his questioning in the hearing.
Cassidy pointedly asked the secretary about his COVID-19 vaccine policies.
Sen. John Barrasso, the No. 2 Republican in the Senate and a doctor as well, also avoided questions about his confidence in RFK Jr.
"I have confidence in what the president of the United States is doing and I would not second guess it," he told ABC News.ABC News' Jay O'Brien