Trump admin updates: US military is preparing for possible activation of National Guard in DC

The U.S. military is preparing for the possible activation of a portion of the DC National Guard to be deployed to Washington, D.C., according to a U.S. official.

It’s unclear exactly how many Guardsmen might be activated, as a decision has not yet been made. There are 2,700 personnel in the D.C. National Guard.

The expectation is that if guardsmen are activated, it would be in a support role to local authorities.

The D.C. National Guard is unique in that, unlike other National Guards, it is not under the control of a governor or, in this case, the mayor of D.C., but the president.

That authority has been delegated to the defense secretary and the secretary of the Army.

-ABC News’ Luis Martinez

Vice President JD Vance dismissed reports that a meeting took place at his residence with top administration officials Thursday that involved discussions about convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

"There was no meeting at my house last night. There just wasn't," Vance told Fox News’ Maria Bartiromo in an interview that aired on “Sunday Morning Futures.”

"We did meet at the White House yesterday, but not at the time that they said that they -- that we were going to meet and not about the subject that we -- they said that we were going to meet about," Vance said in the interview that was taped on Friday.

"We actually didn't talk about the Epstein issue at all. That was never meant to be the subject of the meeting," he continued.

Vance said the reports came from someone leaking a calendar entry in which they assumed that it was about Epstein.

Vance reiterated that Trump has called for full transparency, and efforts are underway to compile documents.

"On the Epstein issue, what the president has said very clearly, because we have had other meetings about that, is that he wants us to be fully transparent and he wants the credible information out there. So, we're working to compile the thousands and thousands of documents that are out there for full transparency," Vance said.

Vance said he supported the decision by Rep. James Comer, chair of the House Oversight Committee, to subpoena Bill and Hillary Clinton in its investigation of the Epstein files.

-ABC News’ Kelsey Walsh

Trump announced on his social media platform that he’ll hold a news conference at 10 a.m. Monday to discuss crime in Washington, D.C.

The president said that he has given D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser an opportunity to reduce crime rates but crime has gotten worse.

"The Mayor of D.C., Muriel Bowser, is a good person who has tried, but she has been given many chances, and the Crime Numbers get worse, and the City only gets dirtier and less attractive. The American Public is not going to put up with it any longer," Trump said in his post.

Contrary to the president's claim, Washington’s Metropolitan Police Department’s preliminary year-to-date crime rate comparison shows that crime in D.C. has decreased by 7% since last year, with violent crime down 26% and property crime reduced by 5%.

“I will take care of our cherished Capital, and we will make it, truly, GREAT AGAIN! Before the tents, squalor, filth, and Crime, it was the most beautiful Capital in the World. It will soon be that again,” Trump wrote.

-ABC News’ Kelsey Walsh

After Trump publicly suggested a Vance-Rubio ticket for 2028, the vice president shot down continued dialogue during an interview with Fox News’ Maria Bartiromo, saying that Rubio and he are not focused on politics right now.

"I saw Marco about a month ago. We just laughed at the whole thing, because neither one of us are focused on politics. We're focused on actually doing a good job for the American people," Vance said in the interview that aired on “Sunday Morning Futures.”

"If we do a good job, number one, that's the reward, in and of itself, that I will have made a big difference in the lives of our country for the last six months, the next 3.5 years. But if we do a good job, the politics will take care of itself," he continued.

Despite Vance trying to navigate away from the topic, he did not dismiss the possibility of running for president in 2028 when asked.

"I'm not going to break that news today, Maria," he said. "What I'm going to do is focus for the next year and a half on doing a really good job for the American people, winning the midterm elections in 2026. Then we can talk about politics after that."

-ABC News’ Kelsey Walsh