Trump administration updates: Schumer continues to face calls for new leadership

The Pentagon on Tuesday provided the first update of its effort to reduce its civilian workforce of 878,000 by up to 8% -- which could number between 50,000 to 60,000 civilian employees, a senior Defense Department official said.

“The number sounds high, but I would focus on the percentage, a 5% to 8% reduction is not a drastic one, is one the secretary is confident can be done without negatively impacting readiness in order to make sure that our resources are allocated in the right direction,” the official said.

The Pentagon is currently carrying out a process to reach that goal including: voluntary separations, a hiring freeze and the dismissal of 5,400 probationary employees, the official told reporters.

As of right now, 21,000 civilian employees have been approved for the Deferred Resignation Program, the official said, though ABC News previously reported more than 31,000 employees had put in for that program. The hiring freeze means that the average 6,000 employees who join the Pentagon every month are not coming in as other employees leave. The official would not elaborate on the status of the probationary employees whose dismissal was paused by a federal lawsuit.

-ABC News' Luis Martinez

The Republican-led House Judiciary Committee is ramping up its probe into the Department of Justice under President Joe Biden.

Chairman Jim Jordan is requesting transcribed interviews from several DOJ employees who served under Biden, including one from David Weiss -- who led the criminal investigation into Hunter Biden.

“During the 118th Congress, the Committee sought to work in good faith with the Biden-Harris Administration's DOJ to to conduct oversight in a constructive manner. However, the Biden-Harris DOJ dictated unilateral and severe scope limitations on the Committee's fact-finding and directed Department witnesses appearing before the Committee to not answer questions on the vast majority of topics. The Committee looks forward to the cooperation of all witnesses requested today,” Jordan wrote.

-ABC News’ Lauren Peller

The White House issued a readout of the call between Trump and Putin, saying "both leaders agreed this conflict needs to end with a lasting peace."

However, the readout does not include any specific reference to Putin agreeing to the 30-day ceasefire that Ukraine had agreed to without conditions.

According to the readout, Trump and Putin said "movement to peace will begin with an energy and infrastructure ceasefire, as well as technical negotiations on implementation of a maritime ceasefire in the Black Sea, full ceasefire and permanent peace."

These negotiations will begin immediately in the Middle East, according to the readout.

In addition to discussion around the war, Trump and Putin "stressed the need for improved bilateral relations between the United States and Russia" and spoke more broadly about the Middle East.

-ABC News' Molly Nagle

President Donald Trump's call with Russia's Vladimir Putin has ended. The two leaders were set to discuss the U.S. proposal for a 30-day ceasefire in Ukraine, though no details were immediately provided following their discussion.

The conversation lasted two and a half hours, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said, according to TASS, Russian state media.

-ABC News' Rachel Scott and Tanya Stuaklova