Content Details
DCPD-202501015 - The President's News Conference
- Category
- Budget and Presidential Materials
- Collection
- Compilation of Presidential Documents
- Publisher
- Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
- Event Date
- October 15, 2025
- President
- Donald J. Trump
- Document Categories
- Interviews With the News Media : News conferences, October 15
- Subjects
- Artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies
Attorney General
Border security
China, trade with U.S.
COVID–19 pandemic
Deputy Attorney General
District of Columbia, law enforcement improvement efforts
Economic improvement
European Union, trade with U.S.
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Federal deficit and debt
Federal Government appropriations, lapse
Federal programs, improvement efforts
Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) World Cup
Firearm rights
Gaza, conflict with Israel
Gaza, hostages held by Hamas
Georgia, Governor
Hamas political-paramilitary organization
Illegal drugs, interdiction efforts
Illegal firearms, antitrafficking efforts
Illegal immigration
Illinois, crime in Chicago
India, Prime Minister
India, relations with Pakistan
India, trade with Russia
India, U.S. Ambassador
Iran, nuclear weapons development
Iran, U.S. airstrikes on nuclear facilities
Israel, military operations in Gaza
Japan, trade with U.S.
Lichtenstein, U.S. Ambassador
News media, Presidential interviews
Office of Management and Budget
Pakistan, Prime Minister
Pakistan, relations with India
Russia, conflict in Ukraine
Russia, oil supply and refining
Russia, President
Secretary of War
Senate confirmation process
Senate majority leader
Senate minority leader
South Korea, trade with U.S.
Speaker of the House of Representatives
State and local law enforcement, Federal support
Suspected drug-trafficking vessels, U.S. airstrikes in Caribbean Sea and Eastern Pacific
Switzerland, U.S. Ambassador
Tariffs
Tennessee, law enforcement improvement efforts in Memphis
U.S. diplomatic efforts, expansion
U.S. military readiness, improvement efforts
Ukraine, President
Ukraine, Russian invasion and airstrikes
Ukraine, U.S. assistance
Venezuela, drug trafficking
White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy
- Names
- Biden, Joseph R., Jr.; Biden, R. Hunter; Blanche, Todd; Bondi, Pamela J.; Briggs, Kendra D.; Clinton, Hillary Rodham; Coristine, Edward; Dooley, Derek; Fields, Donald. E., II; Gingrich, Callista L.; Gingrich, Newton L.; Gor, Sergio; Hegseth, Peter B.; Jimenez, Arnoldo; Johnson, Brandon; Johnson, J. Michael; Kemp, Brian P.; Miller, Stephen; Modi, Narendra; Monaco, Lisa O.; Ossoff, T. Jonathan; Patel, Kashyap P. "Kash"; Pelosi, Nancy; Pirro, Jeanine; Putin, Vladimir Vladimirovich; Roman-Bardales, Francisco Javier; Schiff, Adam B.; Schumer, Charles E.; Sharif, Shehbaz; Singh, Cindy Rodriguez; Smith, John L.; Thune, John R.; Trump, Barron W.; Trump, Donald J., Jr.; Trump, Eric F.; Trump, Ivanka M.; Trump, Melania; Trump, Tiffany A.; Vena, Jim; Vought, Russell T.; Weissmann, Andrew B.; Wu, Michelle; Zelenskyy, Volodymyr.
- Locations
- Washington, DC
- Notes
- The President's news conference began at 3:40 p.m. in the Oval Office at the White House. In his remarks, the President referred to Donald. E. Fields II, Arnoldo Jimenez, Francisco Javier Roman-Bardales, and Cindy Rodriguez Singh, fugitives on the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Most Wanted list who were arrested on various charges in January, March, and August; White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy Stephen Miller Jim Vena, chief executive officer, Union Pacific; Mayor Michelle Wu of Boston, MA; Mayor Brandon Johnson of Chicago, IL; President Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin of Russia; President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine; Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif of Pakistan; Andrew B. Weissman, retired partner, WilmerHale; former Deputy Attorney General Lisa O. Monaco; Sens. Adam B. Schiff and T. Jonathan Ossoff; R. Hunter Biden, son of former President Joseph R. Biden, Jr.; Senate Majority Leader John R. Thune and Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer; Edward Coristine, an employee of the Social Security Administration, who was assaulted by approximately 10 juveniles near Dupont Circle in Washington, DC, on August 3; Kendra D. Briggs, judge, Superior Court of the District of Columbia; Georgia Republican U.S. senatorial candidate Derek Dooley; U.S. Ambassador to Switzerland and Liechtenstein Callista L. Gingrich; former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, in her capacity as the 2016 Democratic Presidential nominee; and Rep. Nancy Pelosi, in her former capacity as Speaker of the House of Representatives. Director Patel referred to Mohammad Sharifullah, also known as "Jafar," a member of the Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham-Khorasan Province (ISIS–K) terrorist organization, who was arrested on March 2 and charged with providing and conspiring to provide material support and resources to a designated foreign terrorist organization resulting in death; Tyler J. Robinson, suspected gunman in the assassination of Charles J. Kirk; Luigi N. Mangione, accused gunman in the assassination of UnitedHealthcare Chief Executive Officer Brian Thompson in New York City, on December 4, 2024; and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, who was sentenced to death for his role in the Boston Marathon Bombing on April 15, 2013. Attorney General Bondi referred to Federal Bureau of Investigation Deputy Director Daniel J. Bongino; and Terry Milius, who was arrested on rape charges in Florida on October 23. Reporters referred to President Nicolas Maduro Moros of Venezuela; Rep. James D. Jordan; Adm. Brad Cooper, USMS, commander, U.S. Central Command; President Xi Jinping of China; and Alvin L. Bragg, district attorney, New York County District. The transcript was released by the Office of Communications on October 21.