Trump admin updates: Trump teases 'big day' at White House

Attorney General Pam Bondi issued an order Thursday evening formally codifying the federal government's takeover of the Washington, D.C., Metropolitan Police Department and designating the head of the Drug Enforcement Administration as "Emergency Police Commissioner."

The order comes following assertions by city leaders including D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser and police Chief Pam Smith that they still maintain control over both the operations of the city's police as well as staffing decisions.

According to the order and information provided by the Justice Department on Thursday, Bondi's directives make clear the federal government's position that DEA Administrator Terry Cole is now serving as the department's "Emergency Police Commissioner" assuming "all the powers and duties" vested in Smith.

The order further states that the police department "must receive approval from Commissioner Cole before issuing any further directives" to the police force.

In addition, Bondi's directive rescinds police policies that aligned with D.C.'s "sanctuary city" laws.

-ABC News' Alex Mallin

As the White House plans to conduct a wide-ranging review of the Smithsonian Institution to ensure the museums align with the president's view of American history, Trump said Thursday that the focus is on being "fair" and not "woke."

"We want the museums to treat our country fairly," he said during remarks from the Oval Office. "We want the museums to talk about the history of our country in a fair manner, not in a woke manner or a racist manner, which is what many of them, not all of them, but many of them are doing."

"Our museums have an obligation to represent what happened in our country over the years, good and bad, but what happened over the years in an accurate way," he continued.

The review of the Smithsonian Institution's museum exhibitions, materials and operations will be conducted ahead of America's 250th anniversary next year.

President Donald Trump said he believed Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy want to make peace.

"We're going to see what happens. And, I think President Putin will make peace. I think President Zelensky will make peace. We'll see if they can get along and if they can, it'll be great," Trump said in the Oval Office.

Zelenskyy on Wednesday warned Trump and European leaders that Putin is "bluffing."

"I told my colleagues, the U.S. president and our European friends, that Putin definitely does not want peace. He wants the occupation of our country. And we all really understand that. Putin will not be able to deceive anyone. We need further pressure for peace. Not only American, but also European sanctions," Zelenskyy said.

President Donald Trump discussed his expectations for Friday's summit in Alaska with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

"We're going to see what happens with that meeting," Trump said in the Oval Office on Thursday. "We have a big meeting, and it's going to be, I think, very important for Russia. And it's going to be very important for us and important for us only in that we're going to save a lot of lives."

Trump said he believed he'd have a "good" conversation with Putin, but that the more significant development would be a trilateral meeting between the U.S., Ukraine and Russia.

"We have a meeting with President Putin tomorrow. I think it's going to be a good meeting, but the more important meeting will be the second meeting that we're having. We're going to have a meeting with President Putin, President Zelenskyy, myself and maybe we'll bring some of the European leaders, maybe not," Trump said.