Trump admin updates: Trump teases 'big day' at White House
President Donald Trump also said Zelenskyy can end the war "almost immediately."
President Donald Trump returned from Alaska after his high-stakes meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, and the president's crime-reduction push in Washington, D.C. continues.
National Guard are in Washington as part of Trump's plan to reduce violent crime in the city.
On Friday, an order by U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi designating the head of the Drug Enforcement Administration Terry Cole as the District's "Emergency Police Commissioner" was retooled after a legal challenge by local officials.
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South Carolina, Ohio governors say they're sending National Guard members to DC
The governors of South Carolina and Ohio announced Saturday they are sending National Guard members to Washington, D.C., which comes as part of President Donald Trump's anti-crime push in the nation's capital.
In a statement, South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster said he had authorized the deployment of 200 National Guard members to D.C.
"The guardsmen will support federal law enforcement activities under President Donald J. Trump's executive order to Restore Law and Order in the District of Columbia," McMaster said in the statement.
He said the Guardsmen will return to South Carolina if a hurricane or other natural disaster threatens the state.
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine said his state is sending 150 military police from the Ohio National Guard at the request of the secretary of the U.S. Army.
"These Ohio National Guard members will carry out presence patrols and serve as added security," DeWine said.
None of the military police members are currently serving as law enforcement officers in the state of Ohio, DeWine said.
The Ohio National Guard members are expected to arrive in Washington in the coming days, DeWine said.
West Virginia governor sending state National Guard to DC
West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey announced Saturday that he is sending 300-400 National Guard members from the state to Washington, D.C., to support President Donald Trump's efforts to combat crime.
Morrisey said he was requested to do so by the Trump administration.
"At the request of the Trump administration, I have directed the @WVNationalGuard to support the President’s initiative to make D.C. safe and beautiful. We are deploying 300-400 skilled personnel to the nation’s capital, reflecting our commitment to a strong and secure America," Morrisey wrote on X.
-ABC News’ Hannah Demissie
Revised directive from AG Bondi leaves DC police chief in charge
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.
DOJ agrees to scale back Bondi's DC police directive after meeting with DC AG
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