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U.S. President Donald Trump and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer are meeting in Scotland on Monday. Speaking to reporters, Trump expressed his disappointment with Russian President Vladimir Putin and said he is going to reduce the original 50-day deadline for a cease-fire deal between Russia and Ukraine. ‘I am going to make a new deadline of about 10 or 12 days from today,’ Trump said.U.S. and Chinese trade negotiators are meeting in Stockholm on Monday to resolve remaining differences as they work toward finalizing a trade agreement ahead of the Aug. 12 deadline. Tariffs on Chinese goods are set to increase dramatically unless an agreement is reached. Trump stated on Sunday that negotiations with Beijing are nearing completion, although he provided few details.

U.S. President Donald Trump is meeting with the head of the European Union, Ursula von der Leyen, on Sunday to clinch a trade deal that would likely impose a 15 percent baseline tariff on most EU goods but end months of uncertainty for European companies.

U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday said Hamas did not want to make a deal on a ceasefire and hostage release in Gaza. The comments come as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel was now considering "alternative" options to achieve its goals of bringing its hostages home from Gaza and ending the rule of Hamas in the territory. Trump said he believed Hamas leaders would now be "hunted down."The federal government is starting deportation flights from a detention facility in Florida, known as alligator Alcatraz. Governor Ron Desantis commented on the operation, while speaking in the Florida everglades Friday morning.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has called on her Chinese counterpart to ensure more balanced trade with Europe as current relations between Brussels and Beijing have reached “an inflection point.” Von der Leyen, along with European Council President António Costa, was in Beijing on Thursday for the EU–China summit.Hulk Hogan, the American sports and entertainment star who made professional wrestling a global phenomenon and supported Donald Trump for president, has died at the age of 71, World Wrestling Entertainment said on Thursday. "WWE is saddened to learn WWE Hall of Famer Hulk Hogan has passed away. One of pop culture's most recognizable figures, Hogan helped WWE achieve global recognition in the 1980s," WWE said on X. It gave no cause of death.

The House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is holding a hearing on Wednesday to discuss strategies for countering the CCP's economic coercion against democracies around the world. Former Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison and former U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel are set to testify.Bryan Kohberger—the man who killed four University of Idaho students in 2022—is expected to be sentenced to four consecutive life terms. He was arrested six weeks after the killings and charged with four counts of first-degree murder. Kohberger pleaded guilty earlier this month and faces the victims’ families at his sentencing hearing on Wednesday.

President Donald Trump on Tuesday welcomed Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to the White House, saying the two countries were close to finalizing a trade agreement. "We're going to talk about trade today and we are very close to finishing a trade deal, a big trade deal actually," Trump told reporters at the start of his meeting with the Philippine leader.Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Tuesday that he will meet his Chinese counterpart next week in Stockholm and discuss what is likely to be an extension of an August 12 deadline for a deal to avert sharply higher tariffs. Bessent told Fox Business Network's Mornings With Maria program that trade with China was in "a very good place" and the meetings in Stockholm would take place next Monday and Tuesday.The United States will withdraw from the U.N. Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) by the end of 2026, the State Department confirmed on Tuesday, citing ideological differences and what it described as an anti-Israel bias and “globalist” agenda out of step with U.S. foreign policy.

The Trump administration is more concerned with the quality of trade agreements rather than their timing, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Monday ahead of an Aug. 1 deadline for securing a trade deal or facing steep tariffs. "We're not going to rush for the sake of doing deals," Bessent told CNBC in an interview. On China, Bessent said there would be "talks in the very near future."An off-duty border patrol agent is recovering in the hospital after being shot in New York City on Saturday. Authorities say one of the suspects is an illegal immigrant with a criminal history. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and Border Czar Tom Homan were among the officials who provided more details on Monday morning.

President Donald Trump signs Genius Act into law and vows to make United States the "crypto capital of the planet." The bill received bipartisan support in both the House and the Senate. The House passed the act on Thursday by a 308–122 margin.

On Friday, U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem hosts a press conference in Nashville, Tennessee exposing the “worst of the worst” criminal illegal aliens arrested by the Department under President Trump’s leadership in the Volunteer State.The House approved Trump's $832 billion defense funding request for fiscal year 2026 in an early-morning vote. Five Democrats joined in support, while three Republicans opposed it. The bill now heads to the Senate for approval.

The State Department has called on Beijing to end its eradication campaign against Falun Gong ahead of July 20, the date that marked the start of the persecution in 1999. More than 1,000 Falun Dafa practitioners and human rights advocates gather in the nation’s capital on Thursday for a rally and parade, demanding the Chinese Communist Party end its persecution.The number of Americans filing for new unemployment benefits declined for the fifth consecutive week to a three-month low as the U.S. labor market continues to perform at a solid pace. Initial jobless claims declined by 7,000 to 221,000 for the week ending July 12, according to the Department of Labor.

Bahrain's Prime Minister, Crown Prince Salman Bin Hamad Al Khalif announces plans to invest more than $17 billion in the United States during a meeting with President Donald Trump on Wednesday.President Trump will host congressional leaders and families impacted by the opioid epidemic on Wednesday. He'll be signing bipartisan legislation into law. It classifies fentanyl-related substances as Schedule I controlled substances.

The United States and Indonesia have reached a trade agreement, President Donald Trump announced on social media. “Great deal, for everybody, just made with Indonesia. I dealt directly with their highly respected President,” Trump said in a post on Truth Social. This comes soon after the president sent a formal letter to Indonesia announcing a 32 percent levy on Indonesian goods entering the United States, effective Aug. 1.The Chinese communist party continues to tighten control over critical mineral supply chains. The House Foreign Affairs East Asia & the Pacific Subcommittee held a hearing on Tuesday to strategize ways to break the choke-hold.Presidents from Georgetown University, UC Berkeley, and the City University of New York testified on Tuesday before the House Education and Workforce Committee on the topic of anti-Semitism in higher education. Lawmakers examined the role of faculty, funding, and ideology in the growth of anti-Semitism on college campuses. 

President Donald Trump threatened to impose a 100 percent secondary tariff on Russian goods, if Moscow doesn’t agree to a deal to resolve the Ukraine conflict within the next 50 days. “I’m disappointed in [Russian President Vladimir Putin], because I thought we would have had a deal two months ago, but it doesn’t seem to get there,” Trump said as he hosted NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte to the White House on Monday.Authorities said on Monday that nine people died and at least 30 were injured in a fire at an assisted living facility in Massachusetts, where residents were hanging out of windows screaming for help. Firefighters responded to the Gabriel House assisted living facility—which housed around 70 people—in Fall River at about 9:50 p.m. on Sunday.

President Donald Trump reflects on last year's assassination attempt against him in Butler, Pennsylvania, and describes how that experience changed him.Trump levies new tariffs on Mexico and the European Union—here's why some say it could mean higher prices at home. Plus, the stock market's reaction.How will Trump’s new tariffs on Mexico and the EU impact U.S. relations with these allies? We speak with a professor of finance from Stockton University.A town in Texas mourns a beloved high school coach lost in the July 4th floods. Students remember the man who meant so much to them.

President Donald Trump is in Texas for a firsthand look at the damage caused by the recent flooding. The president did an aerial tour of some of the hardest-hit areas. The White House also says he'll visit the state emergency operations center to meet with first responders and the relatives of some of the flood victims. Trump will also get a briefing from officials.Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Friday that his meeting in Malaysia with Chinese counterpart Wang Yi was "very constructive," but that the two sides still had issues to resolve. Rubio added that there was a "high probability" of a meeting between Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping, though a date has yet to be fixed.

With at least 120 people dead and more missing in Central Texas, hopes of locating survivors are dwindling. The search and rescue operation is now shifting to the recovery phase. Kerr County officials said the number of missing also remained unchanged at 161.Secretary of State Marco Rubio met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on the sidelines of the ASEAN foreign ministers' meeting in Malaysia on Thursday, as Russia continues to intensify its attacks on Ukraine. It was their second in-person meeting.

U.S. President Donald Trump hosts leaders from five African nations for a discussion and lunch at the White House on Wednesday, including leaders from Gabon, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mauritania and Senegal.Trump announced in a Truth Social post on Tuesday evening that at least seven countries will receive trade-related letters on Wednesday morning, with an additional number of announcements set for the afternoon.Authorities have confirmed at least 119 deaths as a result of the flooding in central Texas, including 59 adults and 36 children in Kerr County. In New Mexico, At least three people have died in flash flooding in the village of Ruidoso.

At least 108 people died in flash floods that hit central Texas over the weekend, with dozens still missing, authorities said in an update on Tuesday morning. During a news conference, Kerr County Sheriff Larry Leitha said that of the deaths so far, 87 have been reported in Kerr County.President Donald Trump will hold a cabinet meeting on Tuesday at 11 a.m. ET. This is the sixth cabinet meeting of Trump's second term. NTD will tune in live to the meeting.

With more rain on the way, the risk of life-threatening flooding remains high in central Texas on Monday. Rescue crews continue to search for the missing after flash floods killed at least 82 people, including children holidaying at summer camps. Officials warned that the death toll was likely to rise.President Donald Trump is due to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House on Monday, while Israeli officials hold indirect talks with Hamas in Qatar aimed at a U.S.-brokered hostage-release and cease-fire deal for Gaza. Trump said on Sunday there was a good chance such a deal could be reached this week. Netanyahu said he believed his discussions with Trump would help advance the talks in Qatar.

The death toll has risen to at least 50 as central Texas grapples with catastrophic flooding. More than 20 are missing.For many, Independence Day is a time to reflect on service and sacrifice.Earlier, NTD spoke with Navy veteran Kirk Offel, founder and CEO of Overwatch Mission Critical, about what the holiday means to him, why he served, and his work with the “Anchors of Hope” campaign.Elon Musk makes a bold move, announcing a new political party after President Donald Trump signed the GOP budget bill. We have the latest on their escalating feud.How will the One Big Beautiful Bill Act impact various sectors of the U.S. economy? We speak with two economists and a financial strategist.Two Chinese nationals have been arrested for spying on U.S. Navy bases and trying to recruit military personnel. We’ll explore the national security angle with retired colonel and security expert Grant Newsham.How can we get a better night’s rest? Vital Signs’ Brendon Fallon shares insights from a sleep medicine specialist who says we need to sync our inner body clocks to the outer rhythm of the day.

President Donald Trump secured a major legislative win on Thursday as his numerous phone calls and meetings united Republicans behind his tax and spending bill. The bill is set to become law on July 4. Trump has invited all members of Congress to the signing ceremony at 4 p.m. ET.The nation's capital is hosting a series of events to celebrate Independence Day, including the National Independence Day Parade, the Washington National Cathedral Concert, and more activities at the National Archives. NTD will bring them to you live.

Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries is delaying the final vote with a marathon floor speech that started just before 5 a.m. ET. In the early hours of Thursday, the House voted 219-213 to open debate and tee the package up for final vote, due in the coming hours. If it passes, it will then head to Trump’s desk The development marked a victory for Johnson and Trump who had been whipping votes since the Senate’s passage on Tuesday.U.S. employers added 147,000 jobs in June as the U.S. labor market continued to show surprising resilience. The unemployment rate ticked down to 4.1 percent from 4.2 percent in May, the Labor Department said on Thursday. Hiring rose modestly from a revised 144,000 in the previous month, beating economists' expectations of fewer than 118,000 new jobs and a rise in the unemployment rate.

Republican leaders in the House are sprinting toward a Wednesday vote on the "One Big Beautiful Bill," determined to seize momentum from a hard-fought vote in the Senate. The bill narrowly passed the Senate with a tie-breaking vote from Vice President JD Vance.President Donald Trump said the United States has struck a trade deal with Vietnam, after months of negotiations, that imposes a 20% tariff rate on many imports from the Southeast Asian country.

The U.S. Senate passed its version of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act at midday on July 1 after a “vote-a-rama” that began the previous day and continued through the night. The bill passed by a margin of 50–50, with Vice President JD Vance casting the tie-breaker.President Donald Trump is traveling to Florida on Tuesday for the opening of a new illegal immigrant detention facility—dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz” due to its remote location and the surrounding wildlife. The facility is located deep in the Everglades roughly 36 miles southwest of Miami.

The Senate is set to begin a “vote-a-rama” series of votes on the One Big Beautiful Bill Act after a weekend of bill reading and debates that wrapped up in the early hours of Monday morning. During the “vote-a-rama,” senators will undertake a marathon series of mandatory votes on amendments before the chamber can proceed to consideration of the Republican megabill itself.President Donald Trump said in an interview that aired on Fox News on Sunday that he has found a buyer for the China-owned short-video app TikTok, and that he will reveal the purchaser in around two weeks. Trump signed an executive order on June 19 extending the deadline for the sale of TikTok by another 90 days, giving the company until Sept. 17 to separate itself from its Beijing-based parent company, ByteDance—or to face a ban in the United States.

It was a tense night in the Senate as lawmakers raced to push the One Big Beautiful Bill across the finish line, after voting came to a standstill, lasting more than three hours.President Donald Trump says China will be paying a lot of tariffs, adding that the United States has a trillion-dollar deficit with the communist country.Despite recent setbacks, the International Atomic Energy Agency now warns that Iran could enrich uranium within months. We speak with an analyst.The Israel Defense Forces has confirmed the elimination of a Hamas co-founder. Plus, a Monday court hearing for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was postponed after Trump condemned the proceeding as a “political witch hunt.” We have updates from the Middle East.

The Supreme Court partially allowed President Donald Trump’s birthright citizenship executive order on Friday in a decision that said universal injunctions likely exceed courts’ authority. The 6–3 decision didn’t offer a final ruling on the constitutionality of Trump’s attempt to limit birthright citizenship but instead focused on whether three nationwide injunctions blocking the policy could stand.President Donald Trump confirmed a new trade agreement with Beijing on Thursday, but didn't go into the details. Trump told reporters the United States was starting to open up China. A White House official later clarified that the two countries had reached "an additional understanding for a framework to implement the Geneva agreement," which the two countries worked out in May.

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine provided details of the recent U.S. strikes on Iranian nuclear sites during a press conference early on Thursday. The press conference was called in response to media reports questioning the effectiveness of the strikes.Five Department of Defense nominees answered questions from senators on the Senate Armed Services Committee during a confirmation hearing on June 25. Among the nominees is Hung Cao, a former candidate for the U.S. Senate from Virginia and a retired Navy captain. Cao was tapped by President Donald Trump to be the next undersecretary of the Navy on Feb. 27.

President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that the U.S. and Iran will hold talks next week. He said the U.S. would continue to ask for no nuclear, adding that Iran's nuclear has been destroyed. Trump hailed U.S. strikes on Iran's nuclear sites while at the NATO summit in The Hague, saying they had halted the Israel–Iran conflict.NATO leaders on Wednesday backed the big increase in defence spending that President Trump had demanded, and restated their commitment to defend each other from attack after a brief summit in the Netherlands.New York state assemblyman Zohran Mamdani has claimed victory in the first round of the Democratic primary for New York City mayor, while former Gov. Andrew Cuomo has conceded.

President Donald Trump criticized Israel on Tuesday for its military response in the wake of a cease-fire deal and accused both Israel and Iran of violating the agreement just hours after he had announced it. Before departing for the NATO summit in The Hague, Trump urged both sides to "calm down." Trump said that Israel will abide by the cease-fire.“ISRAEL is not going to attack Iran. All planes will turn around and head home, while doing a friendly ‘Plane Wave’ to Iran. Nobody will be hurt, the Ceasefire is in effect!” he wrote on Truth Social.Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is due to testify on Tuesday before the House Energy and Commerce Committee panel regarding the department's budget request for fiscal year 2026. Lawmakers are set to question Kennedy about the budget request's proposal to overhaul multiple agencies within the department.

Iran said on Monday it has expanded the range of legitimate targets for its armed forces after the United States attacked three Iranian nuclear sites on Saturday. Ebrahim Zolfaqari, spokesperson for Iran’s Khatam al-Anbiya central military headquarters, said, “Mr Trump, the gambler, you may start this war, but we will be the ones to end it.”The State Department has issued a “worldwide caution” for U.S. citizens living abroad. In a Sunday alert, the department warned of potential demonstrations against U.S. citizens and interests around the world. “The conflict between Israel and Iran has resulted in disruptions to travel and periodic closure of airspace across the Middle East,” the bulletin stated, as it called on U.S. citizens worldwide to exercise “increased caution.”Israel hit Iranian government targets in Tehran on Monday in a series of strikes. The attack came after Iran launched missiles and drones at Israel. Israel’s Defense Ministry said it hit targets that included the notorious Evin Prison in the Iranian capital and the security headquarters of the paramilitary Revolutionary Guards. The Israeli military also confirmed it struck roads around Iran’s Fordow enrichment facility to obstruct access to the site.

The U.S. strikes nuclear targets in Iran, officially joining Israel in the fight against the Islamist regime in Tehran. Arian Pasdar joins us live with the latest on last night's operation.In the fallout on Capitol Hill, President Trump declared a "very successful" strike on Iran, sparking fierce reaction from lawmakers on both sides of the aisle.Is it possible to completely dismantle Iran’s nuclear program without a regime change? And can the conflict be resolved without leading to war? We discuss this with our expert panel.China is condemning the United States for its weekend airstrikes on the Iranian nuclear facilities. How could the attack on Iran impact China and global oil supplies?A heat wave is set to hit millions of Americans in the coming days. Here's what we know about the hot temperatures that will affect parts of the midwest and east.

Israel says it has conducted further airstrikes in Iran, hitting industrial sites used to manufacture missiles. An Israeli paramedic service said Iranian missiles struck a residential area in southern Israel, causing damage to buildings. Meanwhile, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi appears to be traveling to Geneva for meetings with the European Union’s top diplomat and counterparts from the UK, France, and Germany.The U.S. Supreme Court on June 20 unanimously upheld a law that empowers Americans harmed by terrorist attacks abroad to sue in U.S. courts. The majority opinion in the 9–0 decision was written by Chief Justice Roberts. The decision reverses a federal appeals court that found U.S. courts lacked authority to hear cases based on terrorist attacks taking place outside the country.

President Donald Trump said on Thursday that he extended the June 19 deadline for China-based ByteDance to divest the U.S. assets of short-video app TikTok for 90 more days. "I've just signed the Executive Order extending the Deadline for the TikTok closing for 90 days (September 17, 2025)," he said in a Truth Social post, which included a copy of the document.An Iranian missile hit the main hospital in southern Israel early on Thursday, causing “extensive damage” but no serious injuries, the medical facility said. Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz blamed Iranian leader Ali Khamenei for the strikes and said the Israeli military “has been instructed and knows that in order to achieve all of its goals, this man absolutely should not continue to exist.”The U.S. State Department announced new vetting requirements on June 18, including social media screening for all student visa applicants. While student visa interviews—previously paused as the government reviewed its visa policy—have resumed, applicants will now be expected to set their social media profiles to “public” to allow screening by U.S. diplomatic officials. Failure to do so could be interpreted as an effort to conceal certain online activity.

President Donald Trump on Wednesday declined to answer reporters' questions on whether the U.S. was planning to strike Iran or its nuclear facilities, and said the Iranians had reached out but he feels "it's very late to be talking."Iran's supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, has warned that the United States would face “irreparable harm” if the U.S. military were to join Israel’s attacks on Iranian targets and rejected U.S. President Donald Trump’s call for Iran's “unconditional surrender.” The statement follows a post by Trump on Truth Social saying the United States knows exactly where Khamenei is hiding and that he'd be an easy target—but that he's safe for now.The Federal Reserve is expected to keep interest rates unchanged on Wednesday as its policymakers assess signs of a cooling economy, the risk of higher inflation from U.S. import tariffs, and the escalating crisis in the Middle East. The current benchmark interest rate was set at the 4.25 percent to 4.5 percent range in December.

President Donald Trump has said that he wants a genuine end to Iran’s nuclear program, dismissing French President Emmanuel Macron’s claim that the United States had made an offer to secure a cease-fire between Israel and Iran. Trump later posted on Truth Social that his early departure from the G7 summit in Canada had nothing to do with a cease-fire in the Israel–Iran conflict. In a subsequent post, Trump said that he had not contacted the Iranian government to engage in any form of peace talks.Russia flattened a section of an apartment block in Kyiv in its deadliest attack on the Ukrainian capital this year, part of a huge barrage of hundreds of drones and dozens of missiles that killed at least 16 people and wounded 124 others. Ukrainian officials declared a day of mourning on Wednesday for the victims of what President Volodymyr Zelenskiy described as one of the most horrific attacks on the capital since the start of the war.The man charged with killing a Minnesota lawmaker and wounding another had dozens of apparent targets, including officials in at least three other states. Suspect Vance Boelter allegedly made it to the homes of two other legislators on the night of the attacks. However, one was on vacation while the suspect left the other house after police arrived, acting U.S. Attorney Joseph Thompson said on Monday.

A man accused of killing a Democratic state lawmaker while posing as a police officer is expected to appear in a Minnesota court on Monday afternoon on state murder charges, after a massive two-day manhunt ended with his arrest on Sunday night.President Donald Trump arrived in Alberta, Canada, on Sunday for the G7 summit. Over the three-day summit meeting, Trump will engage with the leaders of six of the world’s most advanced economies to tackle pressing economic challenges and escalating geopolitical crises—with a particular focus on the Middle East, given the recent escalation to direct conflict. This year’s gathering unfolds against the backdrop of active conflict between Israel and Iran, with both countries exchanging strikes for a third consecutive day as of June 15.Iran fired a new wave of missile attacks at Israel early on Monday, triggering air raid sirens across the country as emergency services reported at least five killed and dozens more wounded in the fourth day of a conflict between the two countries that showed no sign of slowing. Iran said on Sunday that Israel had struck oil refineries, killed the intelligence chief of the paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, and hit population centers in intensive aerial attacks.

The U.S. Army’s 250th anniversary parade marched through downtown Washington on Saturday—but protests cast a shadow over the celebration.The National Mall buzzed with festivities for the Army’s 250th birthday. NTD's Melina Wisecup brings you the sights and sounds from the heart of the celebration.As Israel and Iran exchange direct missile strikes for a third consecutive day, the world watches closely. Our expert panelists discuss what the strategic aims are behind the escalation, and how the United States is responding.A historic U.S.–China trade deal has been finalized: U.S. tariffs on Chinese goods will remain as high as 55 percent, while China has agreed to supply rare earth minerals and magnets. Our expert panelists discuss what this means for American businesses and consumers.You might be straining your eyes without even realizing it. Here’s how to find your true lens prescription—and give your vision the relief it deserves.And with Father’s Day coming up, it's the perfect opportunity to help the men you love put their health first. We’ve got some simple tips to get started.

Israel launched large-scale strikes against military and nuclear targets in Iran on Friday. President Donald Trump suggested that Iran had brought the attack upon itself by resisting U.S. demands in talks to restrict its nuclear program, and urged it to make a deal, "with the next already planned attacks being even more brutal." Washington said it had no part in the operation. Oil prices jumped nearly 9 percent on Friday to near multi-month highs after the Israeli strikes.A black box has been recovered from the crash site of the Air India aircraft that went down on June 12 in India's western city of Ahmedabad, according to two police sources. India's Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) has begun its investigation into the cause of the crash of the Air India plane bound for London with 242 people on board, which crashed moments after it took off, the country's Civil Aviation Minister said on Thursday.

At least 30 people were killed when an Air India plane bound for London with 242 people on board crashed in a residential area minutes after taking off from the Indian city of Ahmedabad on Thursday, with the toll expected to climb further, authorities said. The plane was headed for Gatwick Airport, which lies south of the British capital.The governors of New York, Illinois, and Minnesota are due to testify before the House Oversight Committee on Thursday after days of protests in downtown Los Angeles over the Trump administration's enforcement of immigration law. The 3 states are among the 14 states and the hundreds of cities and counties recently listed by the Department of Homeland Security as “sanctuary jurisdictions defying federal immigration law.” The list was later removed from the department’s website after criticism that it mistakenly included some local governments that support the Trump administration’s immigration policies.

President Donald Trump says the United States has reached a deal with China as both sides wrapped up their trade talks in London. In a Truth Social post, the president confirmed that the agreement will ensure China supplies the necessary rare earths and full magnets. “We are getting a total of 55% tariffs, China is getting 10%. Relationship is excellent!” the president wrote in all caps.Protests that began in Los Angeles against immigration enforcement operations spread to more cities on Tuesday, with further demonstrations planned for this weekend. Protesters have begun gathering in Philadelphia, San Francisco, Seattle, Denver, Dallas, Washington, and Chicago, and are calling for an end to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations targeting illegal immigrants. In some locations, demonstrators have clashed with law enforcement, and protesters have been arrested.Elon Musk has stepped back from his recent feud with President Donald Trump. Musk wrote on social media platform X: "I regret some of my posts about President Donald Trump last week. They went too far." He did not say which specific posts he meant, though he has deleted several that were critical of Trump. One of those signaled support for impeaching the president.

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth is testifying before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense. Lawmakers are expected to ask Hegseth about the military's deployment to Los Angeles amid the current riots, the department's budget request for fiscal year 2026, and other issues.President Donald Trump on Tuesday will visit Fort Bragg, home to about 50,000 active-duty soldiers, to speak to U.S. soldiers ahead of a major celebration on Saturday in Washington—a long-scheduled commemoration of the 250th anniversary of the founding of the U.S. Army. Trump has mobilized 700 Marine Corps soldiers and another 2,000 National Guard troops to Los Angeles as the unrest enters its fifth day.Nine people were killed in a shooting at a school in the city of Graz, Austria, on Tuesday, according to the city’s mayor, Elke Kahr. The suspected perpetrator also died in the incident, making a total of 10 deaths so far, according to Kahr. The fatalities include several students and at least one adult. Kahr said that many people were taken to hospitals with injuries.

Police declared all of downtown Los Angeles to be an unlawful assembly area and ordered protesters to go home on Sunday night after a third day of violence hit protests against President Donald Trump's immigration policies. Authorities in Los Angeles said some protesters had thrown concrete projectiles, bottles, and other items at police.High-level delegations from the United States and China are meeting in London on Monday in a renewed effort to break the deadlock after last month’s Geneva talks failed to produce meaningful results. A delegation led by the Chinese regime's vice premier, He Lifeng, is due to meet U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, and Trade Representative Jamieson Greer at an undisclosed location in the city. The talks are due to last at least a day.

LA Immigration Prtests & National Guard DeploymentProtests in California against Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations took a violent turn, prompting the federal government to deploy 2,000 National Guard troops to Los Angeles. Clashes and arrests followed, and state officials condemned the move as inflammatory.Secretary Noem’s Efforts Against Illegal ImmigrationAs Homeland Security Secretary, Kristi Noem has swiftly curbed illegal immigration and increased deportations. Legal challenges have stalled some operations amid accusations of political showmanship.Trump–Musk Feud Shifts GOP LandscapeA public spat over Trump’s proposed spending bill has sparked talk of impeachment, with Musk mulling a new “America Party” and Vice President JD Vance emerging as a potential new GOP powerbroker.

White House adviser Peter Navarro said on Friday that a meeting on trade between Trump administration and Chinese officials is expected to happen within seven days.President Donald Trump said he won’t be speaking with Elon Musk “for a while” in the aftermath of the feud between the two billionaires. “I’m not even thinking about Elon. He’s got a problem. The poor guy’s got a problem,” Trump told CNN.U.S. employers added a solid 139,000 jobs in May. Hiring fell from a revised 147,000 in April, the Department of Labor said on Friday. The job gains last month were slightly higher than the 130,000 economists had forecast. The unemployment rate stayed at a low 4.2 percent. Average hourly wages rose 0.4 percent from April and 3.9 percent from a year earlier—a little higher than forecast.

President Donald Trump is hosting German Chancellor Friedrich Merz at the White House on Thursday to discuss a wide range of pressing issues, with the Ukraine war, defense spending, and transatlantic trade tensions topping the list. The meeting marks the chancellor’s first visit to Washington since his election victory in May. Merz, the leader of Germany’s center-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU), has established a personal rapport with Trump, according to German media. The meeting comes just 10 days ahead of the G7 summit in Alberta, Canada, where both leaders are scheduled to attend.Trump and Chinese communist party leader Xi Jinping agree to send delegations for a meeting on trade. The two spoke by phone Thursday as tensions remain high over the ongoing US-China trade dispute.Israel has recovered the bodies of two Israeli American hostages taken in the Hamas terrorist organization’s attack on Oct. 7, 2023. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the remains of elderly married couple Judith Weinstein and Gad Haggai were recovered and returned to Israel in a special operation by the Israel Defense Forces and the Shin Bet internal security agency. Kibbutz Nir Oz in southern Israel announced the deaths of Weinstein, 70, and Haggai, 72, both of whom had Israeli and U.S. citizenship, in December 2023. Weinstein was also a Canadian citizen.

President Donald Trump’s 50 percent tariffs on steel and aluminum went into effect on June 4, after midnight, following through on last week’s announcement at a U.S. Steel facility. Enacted through an executive order signed on Monday, the measure doubles the previous 25 percent rate with the intention of boosting domestic production. Meanwhile, Trump wrote on Truth Social that Chinese leader Xi Jinping was “extremely hard to make a deal with,” after aides said Trump is expected to have a trade negotiations call with Xi this week.Secretary of State Marco Rubio condemned the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP's) “brutal crackdown” of the June 4, 1989, student protests in Tiananmen Square, in a social media post ahead of the anniversary. “We remember the Chinese Communist Party’s brutal crackdown 36 years ago in Tiananmen Square and commemorate the courage of the innocent people killed and imprisoned that day. Freedom, democracy, and self-rule are human principles the CCP cannot erase,” he wrote on X.

Employment vacancies unexpectedly rose in April, reaffirming the health of the U.S. labor market. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Job Openings and Labor Turnover Summary (JOLTS), job openings climbed by 191,000 to 7.391 million, from the upwardly revised 7.2 million in March.The suspect accused of a June 1 firebombing attack on peaceful pro-Israel demonstrators in Boulder, Colorado, had allegedly planned to kill them all but appeared to have had second thoughts, according to authorities. Mohamed Sabry Soliman allegedly had 18 Molotov cocktails but threw just two during Sunday's attack, police said. He didn’t carry out his alleged full plan “because he got scared and had never hurt anyone before,” police wrote in an affidavit.

The suspect in the attack in Boulder, Colorado on Sunday is in the U.S. illegally, according to the White House and Homeland Security. "The Colorado Terrorist attack suspect, Mohamed Soliman, is illegally in our country. He filed for asylum in September 2022,” A spokesperson for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security wrote on X. The suspect is now facing multiple felony charges and is expected to appear in court on Monday.Delegations from Russia and Ukraine ended their latest peace talks Monday in Turkey after just over an hour, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Russian state media said. Speaking in Vilnius, Lithuania, Zelenskyy said both sides "exchanged documents through the Turkish side, and we are preparing a new release of prisoners of the war.”

In this episode, we discuss the Trump administration's move to revoke some visas of Chinese students in the United States, particularly those with connections to the Chinese Communist Party, in an effort primarily aimed at protecting intellectual property.Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has also signed a new law aimed at protecting Texans from foreign political coercion and intimidation. The bill creates new ways to prosecute transnational repression and the unauthorized enforcement of foreign laws. The law takes effect on Sept. 1.