Trump admin updates: Vance meets with Zelenskyy in Rome

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard has fired two of the top members of the National Intelligence Council, a spokesperson for the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) confirmed to ABC News.

Acting Chair Mike Collins of the National Intelligence Council (NIC) and Deputy Chair Maria Langan-Riekhof were both fired.

In addition, Gabbard is transferring the National Intelligence Council from its current placement under the CIA to her office -- a move first reported by Fox News.

Collins served 28 years in the intelligence community, beginning as a career analyst before serving as chief of staff to the CIA’s deputy director and later as the CIA's chief strategy officer.

Langan-Riekhof was appointed in 2019 under the Trump administration as director of the Strategic Futures Group at the NIC. She spent 33 years in the intelligence community, serving in both the CIA and NIC. She was honored as one of the DNI’s "Exceptional Analysts" in 2008-09.

An ODNI spokesperson told ABC News on Tuesday, "The Director is working alongside President Trump to end the weaponization and politicization of the Intelligence Community."

Last month, Gabbard announced on social media she had “referred two intelligence community LEAKS to the Department of Justice for criminal referral, with a third criminal referral on its way, which includes the recent illegal leak to the Washington Post.”

Gabbard also warned the intelligence community that alleged leakers would “be held accountable under the full force of the law.”

Gabbard said in April that an additional 11 people remain under investigation.

-ABC News' Beatrice Peterson

President Donald Trump is attempting to defuse criticism of his administration's acceptance of a luxury jet donated by the Qatari government. He has taken to social media to air his grievances.

In a lengthy social media post, the president claims Qatar will donate the Boeing 747 to the United States Air Force as a temporary Air Force One until a new aircraft is delivered.

"The Boeing 747 is being given to the United States Air Force/Department of Defense, NOT TO ME!" Trump wrote. "It will be used by our Government as a temporary Air Force One, until such time as our new Boeings, which are very late on delivery, arrive."

Trump says that the gift will save taxpayers millions of dollars, as it won't cost anything, and that accepting it is beneficial and a prudent decision for the country.

"Why should our military, and therefore our taxpayers, be forced to pay hundreds of millions of Dollars when they can get it for FREE from a country that wants to reward us for a job well done. This big savings will be spent, instead, to MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!" Trump wrote.

But as ABC News reported, the U.S. Air Force will cover the cost to retrofit the plane, according to sources familiar with the proposed arrangement.

The plane will initially be transferred to the U.S. Air Force, which will modify the 13-year-old aircraft to meet the U.S. military specifications required for any aircraft used to transport the president, multiple sources familiar with the proposed arrangement said.

The plane will then be transferred to the Trump Presidential Library Foundation no later than Jan. 1, 2029, and the U.S. Air Force will pay for any costs related to its transfer, the sources told ABC News.

-ABC News' Kelsey Walsh and Katherine Faulders

The Trump administration filed an emergency request with the Supreme Court on Tuesday for permission to immediately deport 23 alleged members of Tren de Aragua.

The Department of Homeland Security alleges that 23 TdA members barricaded themselves in the Bluebonnet Detention facility in Texas, threatened to take hostages and injure ICE agents and staff.

Court documents filed with the Supreme Court include a declaration from acting Immigration and Customs Enforcement Field Director Joshua Johnson, who alleges the detainees covered up surveillance cameras and blocked housing windows.

The detainees, DHS alleges, should be deported immediately.

On Monday, the Trump administration asked the Supreme Court to deport 176 Venezuelans detained at the Texas facility and it is unclear if these are part of that group.

-ABC News' Luke Barr

A cost estimate for the U.S. military deportation flights was revealed Monday via information provided to Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., by the U.S. Transportation Command.

A little math indicates that as of April 8, the flights have cost at least $21,087,292.50, much greater than what U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement would have spent if its own chartered aircraft had been used.

"As of 08 April, USTRANSCOM has flown a total of 46 flights on military aircraft in support of migrant deportation flights. The flights total 802.5 hours at an average cost of $26,277 per flight hour," TRANSCOM told Warren.

ICE's website indicates that the average cost per flight hour for a daily scheduled charter flight is $8,577. It also adds that "a special high-risk charter flight average cost is between $6,929 to $26,795 per flight hour, depending on aircraft requirements."

TRANSCOM also disclosed that between Jan. 20 and March 25, it had flown 31 military and contract flights that had transported 715 passengers and 1,016.9 short tons of cargo to Guantanamo Bay, saying, "The cargo consisted of sustainment supplies and equipment in support of Operation Southern Guard. This included both supplies for the base's general operations and equipment specifically designated for Operation Southern Guard."

TRANSCOM's estimate of the cost of the deportation flights was first reported by NBC News.

-ABC News' Luis Martinez