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Last Updated: August 31, 2025, 2:39 PM EDT

President Donald Trump on Thursday revoked the Secret Service detail for former Vice President Kamala Harris that was previously extended by former President Joe Biden.

Meanwhile, fallout continues from the White House's attempt to remove Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Susan Monarez.

Health and Human Services Deputy Secretary Jim O'Neill has been tapped as the interim director of the CDC, a White House official confirmed to ABC News.

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Aug 25, 2025, 11:32 AM EDT

Trump signs order to investigate flag burning as criminal act

"If you burn a flag, you get one year in jail," President Donald Trump said as he signed executive orders in the Oval Office on Monday.

He signed an order that White House staff secretary Will Scharf said will charge the Justice Department with investigating instances of flag burning and prosecute "when there's evidence of criminal activity."

In 1989, the Supreme Court ruled that flag burning was a form of "symbolic speech" under the Constitution.

"Thank you for protecting the American flag. And we'll do that without running afoul of the First Amendment as well," Attorney General Pam Bondi told the president.

President Donald Trump speaks during an executive order signing in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, August 25, 2025.
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"What it does is incite to riot," Trump said of flag burning. He said under this order, "you will see flag burning stopping immediately."

Aug 25, 2025, 11:16 AM EDT

Trump signs executive orders targeting cashless bail

President Donald Trump on Monday defended the federal takeover of Washington, D.C., saying it's now in "great shape," as he signed an executive order targeting cashless bail in the city.

"We're ending it, but we're starting by ending it in D.C.," Trump said. "And that we have the right to do through federalization."

Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office during an event to sign an executive order, at the White House in Washington, D.C., August 25, 2025.
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Trump was flanked by top officials for the signing, including Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, Vice President JD Vance and Attorney General Pam Bondi.

Trump signed another executive order that the White House said will task the attorney general with identifying areas around the country with cashless bail policies and withholds or revokes federal funds to the city. Trump took aim at cash-bail policies in Illinois and criticized Gov. JB Pritzker as he signed the order.

Aug 25, 2025, 9:26 AM EDT

Trump plans to sign executive order to end cashless bail in Washington: Sources

President Donald Trump plans to sign an executive order Monday aimed at ending cashless bail for suspects arrested in Washington, D.C.,, sources familiar with the matter told ABC News.

The order is expected to threaten withholding federal funding from Washington and possibly other cities that have cashless bail, the sources said. Supporters of cashless bail have argued that it harms those lower-income offenders who don't have the means to afford paying bail for release from jail pending trial.

PHOTO: National Guard Members patrol 14th Street, working alongside  Washington DC Metro police and the FBI on August 25, 2025 in Washington, DC.
National Guard Members patrol 14th Street, working alongside Washington DC Metro police and the FBI on August 25, 2025 in Washington, DC.
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Trump has suggested his administration would take steps to eliminate cashless bail in Washington and other places, and has been more vocal about this in recent weeks amid his federal crackdown in the nation's capital.

"No, we're going to be essentially crime-free. This is going to be a beacon, and it's going to also serve as an example of what can be done. We have to get rid of this cashless bail nonsense," Trump said earlier this month.

Axios first reported Trump's plans to sign the order on Monday.

-ABC News' Katherine Faulders

Aug 25, 2025, 6:42 AM EDT

Trump to sign executive orders, host South Korea president

President Donald Trump will begin his Monday by signing executive orders in the Oval Office at 10 a.m., according to the official White House schedule.

President Donald Trump speaks with reporters in the Oval Office of the White House, Friday, Aug. 22, 2025, in Washington.
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At 12:15 p.m, Trump will hold a bilateral meeting with South Korean President Lee Jae-myung, before the two men have lunch at 12:45 p.m.

ABC News' Hannah Demissie

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