President Donald Trump on Tuesday made an announcement regarding U.S. Space Command from the Oval Office, stating the headquarters will move to Alabama.
A federal appeals court ruled last week that most of the president's sweeping global tariffs are unlawful, potentially dealing a significant blow to the president's effort to reshape the country's trade policy unilaterally.
Speaking in the Oval Office, President Donald Trump announced U.S. Space Command is moving from Colorado to Huntsville, Alabama.
"Forever to be known from this point forward as Rocket City," Trump said.
The president was flanked by Vice President JD Vance, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Alabama Sens. Tommy Tuberville and Katie Britt and other officials as he gave remarks.
The decision, confirmed to ABC News earlier Tuesday by person familiar with the matter, reverses a move by President Joe Biden in 2023 to build a new headquarters in Colorado Springs. Trump took aim at Biden in his remarks, and expressed his hope that Space Command will remain in Alabama for "hundreds of years."
Pritzker pushes back against Trump over threats to deploy troops
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker stressed in an X video Tuesday that there is "no emergency" to warrant "sending troops in" Chicago, pushing back against President Donald Trump's threat to deploy the national guard into the city.
"Just a lovely day here. No emergency. So Donald Trump understands, no emergency in the city of Chicago to send troops in," the governor said.
Pritzker made these comments in a broader video encouraging those in his state to know their rights if they happen to have an interaction with ICE agents.
"We'll make sure to protect your rights -- but you need to know your rights," he said.
-ABC News' Brittany Shepherd
Trump expected to announce Space Command moving to Alabama
President Donald Trump is expected to announce on Tuesday that U.S. Space Command will move from Colorado Springs, Colorado, to Huntsville, Alabama.
The decision, confirmed by a person familiar with the matter, reverses a move by President Joe Biden in 2023, in which the Biden administration said it wanted to build a new headquarters in Colorado Springs.
Biden officials said at the time that they didn't want to delay the command's ability to become fully operational after a provisional headquarters was set up there four years earlier. In particular, officials said, the president didn't want the command to be distracted with a move at a time when China was prioritizing its own military capabilities in space.
The move aligned with a recommendation by SPACECOM but was at odds with the Air Force. According to the Defense Department Inspector General and the Government Accountability Office, the Air Force recommended moving SPACECOM's permanent headquarters to Redstone Arsenal in Alabama because it would save $426 million.
-ABC News' Anne Flaherty
Homeland Security offering bonuses to local police departments who participate in immigration enforcement
The Department of Homeland Security will be rewarding state and local law enforcement agencies that participate in immigration enforcement with "performance bonuses" for successful operations, according to the agency.
Starting on Oct. 1, law enforcement agencies participating in the 287(g) program are able to receive "monetary performance awards based on the successful location of illegal aliens provided by ICE and overall assistance to further ICE's mission to Defend the Homeland."
Each officer on the participating task force could receive up to $1,000.
There are 40 states participating in the 287(g) program with 8,501 Trained Task Force Officers and over 2,000 additional officers in-training, according to Homeland Security.
Trump's spending bill supercharged ICE's capacity to hire and train their own officers but also get more engaged with state and local partners.
-ABC News' Luke Barr.
Appeals court allows Trump to gut $16B in climate grants
A federal appeals court is allowing the Trump administration to terminate $16 billion in grants awarded by the Biden administration to combat greenhouse gas emissions.
In a 2-1 decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit lifted a lower court's order that blocked the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from terminating the grants.
The court concluded that a different court should have handled the claims -- the Court of Federal Claims, which handles contract disputes -- and that the Trump administration should be able to "ensure the proper oversight and management" of the multi-billion-dollar fund.
"EPA's actions here are well within the Executive Branch's authority and responsibility to manage the expenditure of funds and to ensure that money appropriated by Congress is properly spent for its intended purposes," Judge Neomi Rao, a Trump appointee, wrote.
In a dissenting opinion, Judge Cornelia Pillard criticized her colleagues for passing the case to another court, writing that the move "undercuts" the ability of the court to prevent the "illegitimate seizure" of funds already awarded by Congress.
"Embracing a misguided and breathtakingly expansive conception of the Tucker Act, the majority allows the government to seize Plaintiffs' money based on spurious and pretextual allegations and to permanently gut implementation of major congressional legislation designed to improve the infrastructure, health, and economic security of communities throughout the country," Pillard wrote.
-ABC News' Perry Charalambous and Matthew Glasser
Use of federal troops in LA is unlawful, judge says
The Trump administration's use of federal troops in Los Angeles to conduct law enforcement operations is unlawful, a federal judge ruled on Tuesday.
U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer issued an order prohibiting troops from engaging in security patrols, riot control, arrests, searches and crowd control. The order does not take effect until Sept 12 to allow the Trump administration to appeal.
Breyer said the use of federal troops effectively created a "national police force with the president as its chief" and violated the Posse Comitatus Act.
"The evidence at trial established that Defendants systematically used armed soldiers (whose identity was often obscured by protective armor) and military vehicles to set up protective perimeters and traffic blockades, engage in crowd control, and otherwise demonstrate a military presence in and around Los Angeles. In short, Defendants violated the Posse Comitatus Act," Breyer wrote.
Trump says Chicago 'will be safe again soon' amid threats of a federal takeover
President Donald Trump on Tuesday continued to threaten the federal deployment of National Guard troops to Chicago after more than 50 people were shot over Labor Day weekend.
"At least 54 people were shot in Chicago over the weekend, 8 people were killed. The last two weekends were similar. Chicago is the worst and most dangerous city in the World, by far. Pritzker needs help badly, he just doesn't know it yet. I will solve the crime problem fast, just like I did in DC. Chicago will be safe again, and soon," Trump wrote on his social media platform.
The post comes ahead of Illinois Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker's press conference later Tuesday afternoon. Pritzker will speak at 4 p.m. ET "amid reports of federal deployments to Chicago" according to his schedule.
-ABC News' Lalee Ibssa
White House schedules Trump announcement for Tuesday afternoon
President Donald Trump is scheduled to make an announcement from the Oval Office at 2 p.m. ET on Tuesday, the White House said.
Further details of the announcement were not immediately disclosed. ABC News has asked the White House for more information.
-ABC News' Lauren Peller
'No troops in Chicago': Mayor Johnson leads crowd in chant at Labor Day march
Speaking to a crowd at a Labor Day march in Chicago, an impassioned Mayor Brandon Johnson began his remarks by addressing President Donald Trump's threats to send federal agents and National Guard troops to the city.
"No federal troops in the city of Chicago. No militarized force in the city of Chicago," he said to the crowd. "We're going to defend our democracy in the city of Chicago. We're going to protect the humanity of every single person in the city of Chicago."
Johnson finished his remarks by leading the crowd in a chant of, "No troops in Chicago."
The Labor Day march was billed as a "Workers Over Billionaires" demonstration.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on Sunday said the administration intended "to add more resources" to Chicago. Noem would not divulge specifics about potential plans to deploy the National Guard to U.S. cities, but said, "We haven't taken anything off the table."
Trump announces Rudy Giuliani will receive Presidential Medal of Freedom
President Donald Trump announced on Monday that former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani will receive a Presidential Medal of Freedom. The medal is the nation's highest civilian honor.
The announcement comes after Giuliani was injured in a New Hampshire car accident over the weekend. In the announcement, Trump lauded Giuliani's service as mayor, which ran from 1994 to 2001.
"As President of the United States of America, I am pleased to announce that Rudy Giuliani, the greatest Mayor in the history of New York City, and an equally great American Patriot, will receive THE PRESIDENTIAL MEDAL OF FREEDOM, our Country's highest civilian honor. Details as to time and place to follow," Trump wrote on his social media platform.
Giuliani is out of the hospital and in good spirits, someone familiar with his condition told ABC News. He remains in New Hampshire, they said.
Ted Goodman, the Giuliani aide who was driving the Ford Bronco involved in the accident, responded to Trump's announcement with a statement.
"There is no American more deserving of this honor. Mayor Rudy Giuliani took down the Mafia, saved New York City, comforted the nation following 9/11, and served in countless other ways to improve the lives of others," he said. "Thank you, President Trump, for honoring his life and legacy."
Giuliani was disbarred in New York and the District of Columbia in 2024 over his efforts aiding Trump's bid to overturn the 2020 election.