President Trump says at a private religious group’s prayer breakfast he’s forming a commission on religious liberty.

President Donald Trump announced Thursday that he plans to create a task force and commission to protect Christians from being targeted and discriminated against within the federal government.

President Trump said AG Pam Bondi would be tasked with "fully prosecuting anti-Christian violence and vandalism in our society."

The Senate is heading for a confirmation vote on Russell Vought. He is President Donald Trump’s nominee for White House budget director, and he is planning to use one of the most powerful positions in federal government to zealously expand the president’s power.

The Republican-led U.S. Senate confirmed President Donald Trump's nominee Russell Vought as budget director on Thursday, placing the reins of government funding in the hands of hardline conservative who has advocated for reducing Congress's power over taxpayer dollars.

Russell Vought, 48, the architect of Project 2025, will lead the Office of Management and Budget, where he will oversee the president's budget.

Although the president had been talking about the idea for weeks, there had been no meetings on the subject, and senior members of his government were taken by surprise.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday there was nothing wrong in Donald Trump's idea of displacing Palestinians from Gaza after the U.S. president's proposal drew international criticism.