Trump admin updates: Trump plans to issue executive order to require voter ID

Trump says Utah redistricting ruling is ‘absolutely Unconstitutional’

Trump claimed on his social media platform that the ruling by a Utah judge Monday that the state legislature will have to redraw its congressional map is "absolutely Unconstitutional.”

"All Citizens of Utah should be outraged at their activist Judiciary, which wants to take away our Congressional advantage, and will do everything possible to do so," Trump said.

The judge’s decision could benefit Democrats heading into the 2026 midterm elections.

Currently, Salt Lake City is split between the state’s four congressional districts, dividing Democratic votes among the districts that back Republicans.

But the judge determined that the map was drawn in violation of an independent redistricting commission approved by voters in 2018.

-ABC News’ Michelle Stoddart and Oren Oppenheim

Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser on Wednesday talked about the benefits of a federal law enforcement surge in the nation's capital, while warning of broken trust with residents and renewed risks to the city's autonomy.

Bowser confirmed she had a "courtesy meeting" with Trump after a more substantive discussion with Attorney General Pam Bondi and the president's chief of staff, Susie Wiles.

The mayor credited the surge with driving down crime but warned it has strained community trust. Bowser said there's been an 87% reduction in carjackings during the federal takeover and praised efforts to get guns off the streets, but said what is "not working" is masked ICE agents or National Guard troops.

Bowser also reiterated her push to rebuild the Metropolitan Police Department, which has struggled with retirements, budget cuts and recruitment. She said on Wednesday, the force needs at least 500 new officers.

-ABC News' Beatrice Peterson

Andriy Yermak, the head of the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's office, and First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Sergiy Kyslytsya will take part in negotiations with White House special envoy Steve Witkoff in the United States this week, according to a source familiar with the plans.

The visit is being described as a follow-up meeting to Gen. Keith Kellogg's visit to Kyiv earlier this week. Kellog is President Donald Trump's Ukraine envoy.

The focus of the talks will be security guarantees progress and the Russians seemingly not committing to another meeting.

Zelenskyy said Ukrainian officials will meet with members of Trump's team on Friday in New York.

"Everyone who is working on the content of the security guarantees will be involved -- the military, political, and economic components of security guarantees. The task is to accelerate as much as possible so that this too becomes a lever – a lever of influence: the Russians must see how seriously the world is determined and how dire the consequences will be for Russia if the war continues," Zelenskyy said.

President Donald Trump signed a proclamation honoring the victims of the Minneapolis shooting on Wednesday, according to the White House.

The proclamation orders that the United States flag at the White House, public buildings, grounds, military posts and naval stations and vessels be flown at half-staff until Sunday at sunset. He also ordered American flags to fly at half-staff at American embassies, legations, consular offices, and other facilities abroad.

"I hereby order that the flag of the United States shall be flown at half-staff at the White House and upon all public buildings and grounds, at all military posts and naval stations, and on all naval vessels of the Federal Government in the District of Columbia and throughout the United States and its Territories and possessions until sunset, August 31, 2025," Trump wrote.

-ABC News' Michelle Stoddart and Isabella Murray