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Trump admin live updates: Trump says Hamas will release hostage Edan Alexander

Trump did not provide any timing on when Alexander is expected to be released.

The White House said on Sunday that it reached a trade deal with China as the two countries negotiated for a second day in Switzerland. China has yet to comment on Sunday's talks.

"We’re confident that the deal we struck with our Chinese partners will help us to work toward resolving that national emergency,” U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer told reporters in Geneva. But Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said "substantial progress" had been made but stopped short of touting a full deal.

On Thursday, President Donald Trump announced a trade deal with the United Kingdom -- the first in what the White House said it hopes will be a flurry of agreements while the reciprocal tariff pause is in effect. With UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer on speaker phone in the Oval Office, the leaders conceded that they are still working out the details of the agreement.


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Pentagon directs U.S. military to remove library books on diversity

The Pentagon has given the military service academies and the service’s senior service institutions, like the Army War College, until May 21 to identify and remove books from their libraries that touch on diversity, race, and gender issues.

The new memo by the Pentagon’s top personnel officer standardizes the process that had begun at the U.S. Naval Academy where 381 books had been removed from its library so it could be in compliance with Pentagon orders to follow the Trump Executive Order from January to eliminate “any program, element, or initiative that was established to promote divisive concepts…or gender ideology.”

The Pentagon memo will establish a temporary Academic Libraries Committee "comprised of knowledgeable leaders, educators, and library professionals" from within DOD who will help identify and "sequester" the offending books for further review. The memo said the review of books would be "deliberate" and conducted by "experts in the fields of education and the department's mission."

The memo also includes an attachment that lists 20 official search terms to be used by the military’s academic institutions to find books that will be reviewed by the committed.

Among the 20 terms are: "Affirmative action," “Allyship", “anti-racism," "critical race theory”, discrimination”, “diversity in the workplace”, “diversity, equity, and inclusion”, Gender affirming care”, “gender dysphoria”, “gender expression”, “gender identity”, “gender nonconformity”, “gender transition, "transgender military personnel”, “transgender people” transsexualism”, “transsexuals”, and "white privilege.”

-ABC News' Luis Martnez


Stephen Miller says admin 'actively looking' at suspending habeas corpus

White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller said on Friday the administration was "actively looking at" suspending habeas corpus (a person's right to challenge the legality of their arrest or detention) as part of the administration's crack down on illegal immigration.

"Well, the Constitution is clear, and that, of course, is the supreme law of the land, that the privilege of the written habeas corpus can be suspended in a time of invasion," Miller said as he gaggled with reporters at the White House. "So that's an option we're actively looking at. Look, a lot of it depends on whether the court will do the right thing or not."


White House responds to firing of Librarian of Congress

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt was asked on Friday why the administration chose to abruptly fire the Librarian of Congress, Carla Hayden.

Hayden served in the position since 2016. She was the first African American and first woman to serve in the role. She was appointed by President Barack Obama and confirmed in a 74-18 vote in the Senate.

"We felt she did not fit the needs of the American people," Leavitt said, claiming Hayden was pursuing DEI initiatives that the administration is opposed to and "putting inappropriate books" in the library.

"We don't believe that she was serving the interests of the American taxpayer well. So she has been removed from her position and the president is well within his rights to do that," Leavitt said.


White House: Trump 'determined' to keep 10% baseline tariff even after trade deals

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt was asked if the 10% baseline tariff is going to remain in place after the deal announced with the United Kingdom on Thursday.

"The president is committed to the 10% baseline tariff, not just for the United Kingdom, but for his trade negotiations with all other countries as well," Leavitt said.

Asked to clarify if that tariff will remain in place after deals are done, Leavitt indicated yes.

"The president is determined to continue with that 10% baseline tariff," she said. "I just spoke to him about it earlier."