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

Nine of President Donald Trump's top Cabinet officials plan to travel across the U.S. in the next few weeks to tout the tax cut and spending bill passed by Congress last month -- the so-called "One Big Beautiful Bill" -- a White House official confirmed to ABC News.

The officials will focus on key swing states in their efforts to tout the president's agenda.

The planned travel comes as polls show that Trump's agenda faces headwinds from Americans. A CNN/SSRS poll from mid-July showed that 6 in 10 Americans oppose the legislation and a slim majority believe the bill will hurt the U.S. economy.

The plans to sell the bill was first reported by Axios.

Some Republicans have already faced criticism about the law from voters in their home districts. Rep. Mike Flood, a Nebraska Republican, attempted to sell the bill to a hostile crowd at a town hall earlier this week but faced serious questions about the Medicaid cuts in the bill and shouts of "Tax the Rich!" while discussing the tax provisions in the legislation.

-ABC News' Michelle Stoddart

President Donald Trump is expected to sign a memorandum Thursday ordering colleges that receive federal funds to share admissions data with the federal government to ensure the schools are not participating in race-based admissions, a senior White House official told ABC News.

The memorandum will direct the Secretary of Education to expand the admissions data that colleges are required to report to the federal government in the sake of "transparency," according to a fact sheet about the move reviewed by ABC News.

The fact sheet says that "the lack of available admissions data from universities" is something that raises "concerns about whether race is actually used in admissions decisions in practice."

The fact sheet about the memo said that the new mandated data sharing will "verify that their admissions do not involve unlawful discrimination."

The memo will also direct the Education Department to "revamp" its website displaying admissions data to make it more "efficient, easily accessible, and intelligibly presented for parents and students," according to the fact sheet.

-ABC News' Michelle Stoddart

President Donald Trump is expected to sign two executive orders later Thursday. One is formalizing debanking protections and the other one is about expanding assets that can be put toward 401(k)s.

One of the orders will bar financial institutions from denying or restricting services "based on political beliefs, religious beliefs, or lawful business activities."

The order will direct federal banking regulators to remove "reputational risk and other equivalent concepts" from their guidance. It also directs financial institutions to make reasonable efforts to reinstate clients that were previously denied due to debanking and orders his administration to look for more potential legislative or regulatory solutions.

Conservatives and those in the cryptocurrency industry have argued these guidelines have led to banks refusing to open accounts or closing their accounts.

The second order will allow 401(k) investors to access alternative asset investments such as private equity, real estate and digital assets.

-ABC News' Lalee Ibssa

President Donald Trump called on the CEO of Intel, Lip-Bu Tan, to resign "immediately."

"The CEO of INTEL is highly CONFLICTED and must resign, immediately. There is no other solution to this problem. Thank you for your attention to this problem!" the president wrote on his conservative social media platform.

Trump did not elaborate in the post on why the CEO should resign, but it comes after Republican Sen. Tom Cotton raised concerns about Tan's alleged ties to China.

"I write to express concern about the security and integrity of Intel's operations and its potential impact on U.S. national security. In March 2025, Intel appointed Lip-Bu Tan as its new CEO. Mr. Tan reportedly controls dozens of Chinese companies and has a stake in hundreds of Chinese advanced-manufacturing and chip firms. At least eight of these companies reportedly have ties to the Chinese People's Liberation Army," Cotton wrote in a letter to Intel Corporation's Board of Directors Chairman Frank Yeary earlier this week.