White House says some employees were fired by mistake

Jordan says it will take in 2,000 sick Palestinian children from Gaza

When ABC News' Chief White House Correspondent Mary Bruce asked why Jordan should take in Palestinians, given that the King has rejected those calls, Trump put the King on the spot.

"But he may have just something to say because we discussed it just briefly. I think maybe you want to say it now," Trump said, turning to the King.

"I think we have to keep in mind that there is a plan from Egypt and the Arab countries. We're being invited by Mohammed bin Salman to discussions in Riyadh. I think the point is is, how do we make this good for everybody. Obviously, we have to look at the best interest of the United States, of the people in the region, especially to my people of Jordan, and we're going to have some interesting discussions today," Abdullah said.

He then announced plans to take in 2,000 children from Gaza, despite his previous rejection of Trump's calls for Palestinians to relocate to Jordan. But he wouldn't commit to anything beyond that.

"I think one of the things that we can do right away is take 2,000 children that are either cancer children or in a very ill state to Jordan as quickly as possible. And then wait for, I think the Egyptians to present their plan on how we can work with the president to work on a collage of challenges," Abdullah said.

-- ABC News' Mary Bruce, Molly Nagle, and Michelle Stoddart

In testimony on Capitol Hill Tuesday, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell faced a barrage of questions about DOGE's access to millions of Americans' sensitive data at the Treasury Department -- and the shutdown of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB).

Powell repeatedly emphasized that Americans' bank accounts -- and the government's payments system that processes checks like Social Security -- are "safe." But he said the closure of the CFPB means there is no federal regulator protecting consumers against deceptive practices at the biggest U.S. banks.

-- ABC News' Cheyenne Haslett and Elizabeth Schulze

A federal judge in New York on Tuesday refused the Trump administration’s request to throw out a temporary restraining order imposed to limit individuals associated with DOGE from accessing sensitive Treasury Department records and payment systems.

Judge Jeanette Vargas, who will hear the case going forward, decided there was a “sound factual basis” for the temporary restraining order when it was imposed late last week.

She agreed to clarify that the order does not prevent the Treasury Secretary himself or other Senate-confirmed officials in the department from accessing the payment systems.

-- ABC News' Peter Charalambous and Aaron Katersky

Two senior officials at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau resigned Tuesday amid the Trump administration ordering employees to halt much of their work, writing in emails obtained by ABC News to staff that they could no longer perform their duties amid the Trump administration's orders, with one calling them unlawful.

Eric Halperin, assistant director for the Office of Enforcement, and Lorelei Salas, assistant director for Supervision Policy, informed staff of their departures in separate emails to their teams, according to the emails.

"As you know we have been ordered to cease all work. I don't believe in these conditions I can effectively serve in my role, which is protecting American consumers.," Halperin wrote in their email to staff. "Today I made the difficult decision to resign effective today. lam deeply grateful for your service and all that we accomplished together."

-- ABC News' Elizabeth Schulze and Will Steakin