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

Attorney General Pam Bondi on Friday issued a revised directive that leaves Washington, D.C.'s Metropolitan Police Department Chief Pamela Smith in charge of the city's police force, following a successful emergency legal effort by local D.C. leaders that challenged the administration's attempted total takeover of the MPD as unlawful.

Bondi's revised directive backtracks by making clear that Drug Enforcement Administration head Terry Cole will not be serving as the "emergency police commissioner" of MPD as her Thursday order originally stated. Instead, Cole will serve as a "designee" tasked with directing D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser to provide any services the federal government may need to enforce federal law in the District.

Bondi's new order directs the mayor to provide assistance with federal immigration law and provide "assistance with locating, apprehending, and detaining aliens unlawfully present in the United States" regardless of D.C. law and local police policies.

The revised directive comes following an emergency hearing convened by U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes, in which she repeatedly indicated that the administration's attempted takeover of MPD was unlawful, and warned she would be forced to issue a temporary restraining order against the Justice Department if it didn't reverse course.

-ABC News' Alex Mallin

Editor's Note: The post has been updated to correct the last name of the D.C police chief.

Attorneys for the Justice Department have agreed to scale back an order from U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi that sought to strip the D.C. police chief of her command authority in favor of a federal official appointed by Bondi.

The outcome in the high-stakes legal battle between the Trump administration and D.C. local leaders came after DOJ attorneys and the D.C. attorney general's office deliberated privately for more than an hour and a half to see if they could come to an agreement on potentially revising the directive by Bondi.

In court proceedings Friday afternoon, DOJ attorneys said they are currently in the process of rewriting sections of the order, clarifying the directive that effectively put Drug Enforcement Administration head Terry Cole as head of the Metropolitan Police Department.

In its place, DOJ said it will note that Cole will serve as the designee for Bondi "for the purpose of requesting services" from D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser for any MPD assistance to federal law enforcement.

The agreement was a rare concession by the department in essentially acknowledging Bondi's initial order went beyond what the federal government is permitted to do under the Home Rule Act -- as DOJ's attorneys agreed to alter it to avoid a temporary restraining order from U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes.

"I'm very happy that it looks like hopefully this can get figured out with me having -- without a judge having to do anything, because I think these are the kind of issues that should be decided between the District and the government," Reyes said. "So I'm thankful for you all and for all the people involved to be cooperative about that. But again, if I have to step in, I will."

-ABC News' Alex Mallin, Beatrice Peterson and Luke Barr

Democrats are introducing a joint resolution that would terminate Trump's federalization of Washington, D.C.'s Metropolitan Police Department.

The effort won't progress in the House, where Democrats are in the minority. Democratic Sen. Chris Van Hollen is expected to introduce companion legislation in the Senate, where the bill also faces dim prospects given the Republican majority there.

"His current takeover is an abuse of power and nothing more than a raw power grab. It is a direct attack on the ability of the people of the District of Columbia to govern their own affairs," Van Hollen said in a statement.

-ABC News' John Parkinson

Attorney General Pam Bondi's directive asserting control of the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department "would upend the command structure" of Washington's police force, "endangering the safety of the public and law enforcement officers alike," Metropolitan Police Chief Pam Smith said in an extraordinary filing seeking an emergency restraining order against the government.

"In my nearly three decades in law enforcement, I have never seen a single government action that would cause a greater threat to law and order than this dangerous directive," Smith said in a filing accompany the D.C. Attorney general's request for a temporary restraining order.

The filing follows days of Washington's city leadership, including Smith herself, taking a moderated tone surrounding Trump's invocation of the Home Rule Act to assume control of the city's police force.

While Smith and Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser have said repeatedly this week that Trump's order did not relegate their authority over the Washington police department, Bondi's Thursday directive would effectively strip Smith of any command authority and mandate she receive permission from Drug Enforcement Administrator Terry Cole before issuing any commands to officers.

"Requiring literally every directive to receive approval from Administrator Cole prior to issuance as required by the Bondi Order would effectively freeze public safety operations in the District of Columbia," Smith said.

-ABC News' Beatrice Peterson, Luke Barr, Alexander Mallin