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The agreements were with five law firms for pro bono work.
President Donald Trump held a Cabinet meeting with his top officials, including Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, as well as Elon Musk, on Thursday.
It follows Trump on Wednesday changing course on his tariff policy, instituting a 90-day pause in higher taxes for most countries while ramping up the rate against China to 145%.
On Capitol Hill, Republican leaders pushed through a budget blueprint to fund Trump's domestic agenda despite some GOP hard-liner opposition.
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Trump claims administration will slow deportation for farm, hotel workers
President Donald Trump claimed during the meeting that the administration will provide some relief to farmers and hotel operators who employ immigrants lacking legal status.
"We have to take care of our farmers, their hotels and, you know, various, various places where they're usually where they need the people," he said.
"A farmer will come in with a letter concerning certain people saying they're great, they're working hard. We're going to slow down a little bit for them, and then we're going to ultimately bring them back. They'll go out, they're going to come back as legal workers," he explained.
Gabbard says more files to be released on RFK, MLK assassinations
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard said during the Cabinet meeting that more files related to the assassinations of Robert F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr. will be released in the coming days.
"These have been sitting in boxes in storage for decades. They have never been scanned or seen before. We'll have those ready to release here within the next few days," Gabbard said.
This comes after the National Archives and Records Administration last month released thousands of pages of declassified records related to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in 1963.
Trump praises officials at Cabinet meeting as 'friends' after reports of infighting
"Everyone at this table is doing an incredible job," President Donald Trump said during his Cabinet meeting. "By the way, I have to say, incredible. And the relationships are -- it's like they're friends. The relationships are very strong, really good, really strong. And these meetings are very good."
The comments come after reports of clashes between high-ranking members of his administration. This week, Elon Musk and Peter Navarro traded jabs over tariffs. Musk, while not a Cabinet official, has been present at Cabinet meetings and is seated at the table.
Trump congratulates House for passing budget blueprint
President Donald Trump congratulated the House on the passage of the budget blueprint, posting on social media that this "sets the stage for one of the Greatest and Most Important Signings in the History of our Country."
"Among many other things, it will be the Largest Tax and Regulation Cuts ever even contemplated," Trump said in the post.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said in a statement that the passage is "a statement of purpose and strength."
"The Trump Administration will continue pushing for the certainty, simplicity, and stability that will unlock long-term prosperity for all American," Bessent said in the statement.
-ABC News' Michelle Stoddart