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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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Supreme Court allows Trump to implement trans military service ban for now
The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that the Trump administration can move forward with a ban on transgender military service members for now, lifting a lower court injunction against the policy after a judge ruled it was an "unsupported, dramatic and facially unfair exclusionary policy."
The court did not explain its decision other than to say the order would expire if the justices ultimately take up the case on the merits and issue a ruling striking it down. Litigation continues in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.
Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson indicated they would have denied Trump's request for a stay.
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Tariffs a focus at Bessent testimony before House
A partisan divide over the Trump administration’s tariff policy took center stage when Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent testified before a House subcommittee on Tuesday.
Roughly one month after Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariff announcement, several Democratic members warned of potential price hikes and looming uncertainty as the White House seeks deals with dozens of trade partners.
“I compare them to how monkeys throw dung,” Democratic Rep. Mark Pocan said of the tariffs. “You never know where they’re going to land.”
Some Republicans, on the other hand, characterized the tariffs as an effort to counteract a decadeslong loss of manufacturing to China.
Republican Rep. Nick LaLota highlighted the nearly $300 billion U.S. trade deficit with China last year.
“Are tariffs a tool to reduce the trade deficit with China?” LaLota asked.
“Yes, sir,” Besssent said.
Then, LaLota asked: “Are they a tool to protect jobs?”
“100%” Bessent said.
Carney pushes back against Trump
The Canadian prime minister again dismissed Trump's stances on taking over the country and tariffs.
"Well, respectfully, the Canadians' view on this is not going to change on the 51st state. Secondly, we are the largest client of the United States in ... the totality of all the goods. So we are the largest client of the United States," he said.
"We have a tremendous auto sector between the two of us, and the changes we have made have been helpful," Carney added.
Trump however pushed back, but maintained he and Carney were having a "very friendly conversation."
"We want to make our own cars. We don't really want cars from Canada. And we put tariffs on cars from Canada. And at a certain point, it won't make economic sense for Canada to build those cars," Trump said.
Carney says USMCA is 'basis for a broader negotiation'
Carney talked about the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) trade agreement and its future.
"It is a basis for a broader negotiation. Some things about are going to have to change," Carney told Trump. "And part of the way you've conducted these tariffs has taken advantage of existing aspects of USMCA. So it's going to have to change."
"There's other elements that have come. And that's part of what we're going to discuss," the prime minister added.