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Last Updated: August 31, 2025, 2:39 PM EDT

President Donald Trump on Thursday revoked the Secret Service detail for former Vice President Kamala Harris that was previously extended by former President Joe Biden.

Meanwhile, fallout continues from the White House's attempt to remove Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Susan Monarez.

Health and Human Services Deputy Secretary Jim O'Neill has been tapped as the interim director of the CDC, a White House official confirmed to ABC News.

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Aug 29, 2025, 8:33 AM EDT

Trump revokes Kamala Harris’ Secret Service detail extended by Biden

President Donald Trump revoked Secret Service protection for Kamala Harris on Thursday, according to a copy of the letter reviewed by ABC News.

The Executive Memorandum was issued Thursday afternoon by Trump, who sent it to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, according to a senior official.

"You are hereby authorized to discontinue any security-related procedures previously authorized by Executive Memorandum, beyond those required by law, for the following individual effective September 1, 2025: Former Vice President Kamala D. Harris," the White House memorandum to Noem states.

Former President Joe Biden extended Harris' protective detail an additional year, on top of the six months she is required, by law, to have a Secret Service detail as the former Vice President, according to multiple officials.

This is just the latest protection detail that Trump has canceled early. In March, he canceled former Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas' detail, along with the details of the Biden children, John Bolton and former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.

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"The Vice President is grateful to the United States Secret Service for their professionalism, dedication, and unwavering commitment to safety," Kristen Allen, a senior advisor to Harris said in a statement to ABC News.

--ABC News' Rachel Scott and Luke Barr

Aug 28, 2025, 5:36 PM EDT

Trump orders AG to probe grant money

Trump also signed a memo directing Attorney General Pam Bondi to investigate whether federal grant money is being used to "support lobbying activities."

A fact sheet about the memo provided by the White House pointed to a couple of examples it claims violated the law.

The examples included a National Institutes of Health grant that allegedly "adapted an LGBTQ+ teen pregnancy prevention program for 'transgender boys'" and a U.S. National Science Foundation grant that was allegedly aimed at "advancing racial justice in elementary mathematics."

-ABC News' Isabella Murray and Michelle Stoddart

Aug 28, 2025, 5:03 PM EDT

Trump executive order calls for banning collective bargaining at some agencies

Trump signed an executive order on Thursday that ends collective bargaining with federal unions for agencies that focus on intelligence or national security work.

The White House argued in a statement that "procedural requirements" within unions create delays in agency operations.

The affected agencies include NASA, the National Weather Service, the National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS), each part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the Hydropower Facilities in the Bureau of Reclamation Office of the Commissioner of Patents, the Patent and Trademark Office and the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM).

President Donald Trump listens during a meeting with South Korean President Lee Jae Myung in the Oval Office of the White House, Aug. 25, 2025, in Washington.
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-ABC News' Isabella Murray and Michelle Stoddart

Aug 28, 2025, 5:01 PM EDT

Trump signs EO targeting federal architecture

Trump signed an executive order on Thursday that mandates all federal public buildings, including courthouses and government office buildings, "embrace classical architecture to honor tradition, foster civic pride, and inspire the citizenry."

The order requires federal buildings, such as courthouses, should be built "in a classical architectural style" and "in a style that uplifts and beautifies public spaces, ennobles our Nation, and commands respect from the general public."

The order requires that the president be notified about building designs that depart from the classical style, including buildings in the "Brutalist, Deconstructivist, or other modernist" styles.

-ABC News' Isabella Murray and Michelle Stoddart

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