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

Trump on Friday hosted the prime minister of the Republic of Armenia and the president of the Republic of Azerbaijan for a peace summit at the White House.

"It's a big, beautiful honor to welcome everyone to the White House for this very historic peace summit between Armenia and Azerbaijan. It's really a great thrill for me," Trump said at an event in the East Room.

Trump said the leaders signed documents in the Oval Office committing to stop fighting, open commerce and respect each other's sovereignty. The president said the U.S. was also signing a bilateral agreement with both countries to expand cooperation in energy, trade and technology, including AI.

"This declaration establishes what they are calling -- a great honor for me, I didn't ask for this -- the Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity, which is a special transit area that will allow Azerbaijan to get full access to its territory of Nakhchivan while fully respecting Armenia's sovereignty. So they're going to be able to really live and work together," Trump said.

Both leaders expressed their belief that President Trump deserves the Nobel Peace Prize and would advocate for it, as several leaders have prompted, touting Trump's ego. The Prime Minister of Armenia jokingly mentioned that he hopes to receive an invitation, to which Trump responded that they would have a front-row seat.

“I'm not politicking for it,” Trump claimed when a reporter mentioned the date of the nominations.

-ABC News' Kelsey Walsh and Michelle Stoddart

President Trump is set to remove IRS Commissioner Billy Long, a former GOP congressman confirmed by the Senate earlier this summer, multiple sources familiar with the matter told ABC News.

Long confirmed the move in an X post Friday afternoon, revealing that Trump tapped him to be the ambassador to Iceland.

"I am thrilled to answer his call to service and deeply committed to advancing his bold agenda. Exciting times ahead!" he posted.

In an email Thursday with the subject line "It's Almost FriYay," Long encouraged staffers to leave work early on Friday. 

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is slated to lead the agency in an interim capacity, sources told ABC News. He would be the sixth leader of the tax-collecting agency in the first eight months of the Trump administration.

Long, a former GOP congressman and auctioneer, supported disbanding the agency as a member of Congress. The agency has been brought into the Trump administration's efforts to use government records and data to help identify and deport undocumented immigrants working and living in the country.

A spokesperson for the Treasury Department thanked Long for his services in a statement, adding that "a new candidate for Commissioner will be announced at the appropriate time."

The New York Times first reported on Trump's plans to replace Long.

-ABC News' Benjamin Siegel, Katherine Faulders and Olivia Rubin

President Trump welcomed the presidents of Azerbaijan and Armenia outside the West Wing on Friday afternoon.

"Very confident," Trump responded when asked if there would be a deal between the two nations.

-ABC News' Kelsey Walsh

Vice President JD Vance confirmed that he discussed redistricting with government officials during his trip to Indiana during an interview with Maria Bartiromo on FOX News Channel’s "Sunday Morning Futures."

"We spoke with the governor, with the speaker of the House there in Indiana, and the Senate president, and the message I delivered is pretty straightforward," Vance said. "We want a unified Republican team. We want to fight together, win together, make big things happen for the American people, and obviously, the people of the state of Indiana together."

Vance indicated that because blue states such as California, Illinois and New York have "aggressively gerrymandered," it has become hard for states such as Indiana to have their voices heard in federal elections. He then claimed that California has more seats due to undocumented immigrants.

"They get rewarded for welcoming illegal aliens into their state, giving them federal benefits, actually asking the taxpayers of states like Ohio to subsidize them. And then those same taxpayers in Ohio and Indiana and elsewhere, they have fewer congressional representatives because of what California has allowed to happen. That's ridiculously unfair," he said.

-ABC News' Kelsey Walsh