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Trump admin live updates: Judge blocks IRS sharing taxpayer data with ICE
In April, the IRS agreed to begin sharing information with ICE.
President Donald Trump on Thursday called several Democratic veterans and national security specialists "traitors" who should face the death penalty for releasing a joint video in which they said that U.S. service members could refuse illegal orders.
This week, the House and Senate overwhelmingly approved a measure to force the Department of Justice to release all files related to late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Trump signed the legislation on Wednesday night, starting the clock on the 30 days the DOJ has to release the documents.
Key Headlines
- Trump says lawmakers who made military video 'SHOULD BE IN JAIL RIGHT NOW'
- Judge blocks IRS-ICE data sharing
- Trump on Zelenskyy and Ukraine peace plan: 'He'll have to like it'
- Trump congratulates Mamdani: 'The better he does, the happier I am'
- Trump says Thanksgiving is an 'appropriate time' for Ukraine to accept peace deal
Melania Trump, Usha Vance meet with military families in North Carolina
First lady Melania Trump and second lady Usha Vance traveled together to North Carolina on Wednesday, visiting a high school and elementary school before spending time with service members and their families at Camp Lejeune.
Trump touts US-Saudi relationship and growing investments
President Donald Trump took the stage at the Kennedy Center for the U.S.-Saudi Investment Forum, where he praised the defense agreement between the U.S. and Saudi Arabia to sell F-35s and the relationship between the two countries.
“We signed a historic strategic defense agreement yesterday, also, and that's something that is likewise very rare, and it's very honored company that you're in, and we're going to be selling Saudi Arabia some of the greatest military equipment ever built,” Trump said.
Trump touted his relationship with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, calling it one of the most consequential relationships in the world. Trump celebrated the initial $600 billion investment from the Saudis in the U.S. following his May trip to the region and touted the investment now rising to $1 trillion.
“The partnership between our two nations is among the most consequential in the entire world. And together, the Crown Prince and I are making an alliance stronger and more powerful than it's ever been before,” Trump said.
-ABC News' Hannah Demissie and Isabella Murray
BLS delays release of November jobs report
The Bureau of Labor Statistics rescheduled the release of the November jobs report from Dec. 5 to Dec. 16 at 8:30 a.m.
BLS will not publish a separate October jobs report but the November report will also include partial data from October including the number of jobs added or lost and it will reflect DOGE layoffs, BLS said.
September’s jobs report is expected to be released Thursday at 8:30 a.m.
-ABC News’ Taylor Dunn
Saudi Crown Prince Mohamed bin Salman on Capitol Hill
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman arrived on Capitol Hill on Wednesday morning, seen walking through Statuary Hall with House Speaker Mike Johnson.
His visit comes after Trump welcomed the crown prince to the White House on Tuesday, where he vigorously defended him and dismissed questions about journalist Jamal Khashoggi's murder in 2018.