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Trump admin live updates: Gov. says 'no need' after Trump directs troops to Portland

Portland's mayor said he has not asked for an increase in federal officers.

Last Updated: September 28, 2025, 1:39 PM EDT

President Donald Trump announced that he ordered federal troops to Portland, Oregon, due to what he alleged were threats from domestic terrorists.

Portland Mayor Keith Wilson, however, chastized the president and stressed that city leaders did not make any request to Washington.

Sep 27, 2025, 2:07 AM EDT

Bondi deploying DOJ agents to 'under siege' ICE facilities

In a post to X early on Saturday, Attorney General Pam Bondi said she was "deploying DOJ agents to ICE facilities -- and wherever ICE comes under siege -- to safeguard federal agents, protect federal property and immediately arrest all individuals engaged in any federal crime."

Bondi's post came as protesters clashed with federal agents outside the Chicago ICE processing center on Friday night.

A federal agent stands guard outside the Broadview ICE processing facility in Broadview, Illinois, on Sept. 26, 2025.
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Bondi cited what she called an "onslaught of violence perpetrated against ICE officers across our country," for the decision.

Bondi added that, "pursuant to President Trump's recent executive action," she would instruct the Joint Terrorism Task Forces to "to disrupt and investigate all entities and individuals engaged in acts of domestic terrorism, including the repeated acts of violence and obstruction against federal agents."

The DOJ, she said, "will seek the most serious available charges against all participants in these criminal mobs, including conspiracy offenses, assault offenses, civil disorder offenses and terrorism offenses."

"While these never-ending attacks are designed to break our will, they only strengthen our resolve to complete the work begun," Bondi wrote. "The rule of law will prevail."

-ABC News' Ahmad Hemingway

Sep 26, 2025, 5:04 PM EDT

Trump calls for the release, declassification of records related to Amelia Earhart

Trump ordered on Friday the declassification and release of all government records related to Amelia Earhart, including her "final trip, and everything else about her."

On social media, Trump lauded Earhart as an aviation pioneer who was the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean solo and calling her story "interesting."

Trump raised questions surrounding her 1937 unsolved disappearance in the Pacific Ocean, while she and another navigator were attempting to circumnavigate the globe.

"Her disappearance, almost 90 years ago, has captivated millions. I am ordering my Administration to declassify and release all Government Records related to Amelia Earhart, her final trip, and everything else about her," Trump said.

-ABC News' Isabella Murray

Sep 26, 2025, 11:52 AM EDT

Trump tells ABC Comey indictment is about 'justice'

President Donald Trump was adamant that former FBI Director James Comey’s indictment had nothing to do with revenge, telling ABC News Senior Political Correspondent Rachel Scott that “this is about justice.”

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President Donald Trump walks to speak to the press before boarding Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, September 26, 2025 ahead of a trip to the Ryder Cup in Bethpage, New York.
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"Mr. President you said on the campaign trail that sometimes revenge could be justified. Is that what this is? Is this political retribution?" Scott asked Trump.

"This is about justice," Trump responded, claiming Comey "lied" in testimony before Congress.

-ABC News' Lalee Ibssa

Sep 26, 2025, 10:42 AM EDT

Trump predicts 'there will be others' after Comey indictment

President Donald Trump on Friday weighed in on the indictment of former FBI Director James Comey and predicted there would be more people who face charges.

"It’s not a list, but I think there will be others," Trump said. "I mean, they're corrupt. These were corrupt, radical left Democrats."

"Frankly, I hope there are because you can't let this happen to a country," he later said.

Donald Trump speaks to members of the media as he departs the White House on September 26, 2025 in Washington, DC.
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