Trump admin live updates: Judge releases Venezuelan couple accused of being gang members, rips government evidence

Trump signed an executive order that seeks to develop domestic capability for the "exploration, characterization, collection and processing of critical deep seabed minerals."

The order itself contains a lengthy list of mandates for various Cabinet secretaries and departments to help deliver on the aim of the order.

Specifically, it calls on the secretary of the Department of Commerce to expedite the review and issuance of exploration and commercial recovery permits under the Deep Seabed Hard Mineral Resources Act.

The order will also require the secretaries of the departments of Commerce and the Interior to create a report detailing private-sector interest and opportunities for "exploration, mining and monitoring" of seabed mineral on the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf and private-sector processing capability within the U.S. and on U.S.-flagged vessels.

The secretary of state and secretary of the interior will also be tasked with creating a map of priority areas of the seabed.

The order also requires the secretary of the interior to come up with a process for reviewing and approving permits and granting licenses within the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf. Officials say these licenses will be administered under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act.

-ABC News' Hannah Demissie

Judge William K. Sessions III denied on Thursday the government’s request to pause the transfer of Tufts student Rümeysa Öztürk from a detention facility in Louisiana to another in Vermont.

The government had asked the judge to pause the move while it appeals the decision in the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals.

But the judge rejected their request, saying her transfer to Vermont "will have no impact on the government’s separate removal proceedings against her in immigration court."

"Ms. Öztürk is in detention in Louisiana, where she reports that she is enduring overcrowding, unsanitary conditions, a worsening medical condition, insufficient medical care, and difficulties practicing her religion," he added.

-ABC News' Armando Garcia

Trump was asked about what concessions the Russian government has offered to reach a peace plan with Ukraine.

The president gave vague details.

"Stopping the war, stopping taking the whole country," he said. "Pretty big concession."

Trump was asked about the latest Russian attacks on Ukraine and what he was doing in response.

The president claimed that he was putting a lot of pressure on Russia and that he was not happy with Putin.

"You have no idea what pressure we're putting on Russia," Trump claimed.