


U.S. president said Chinese Communist Party leader Xi Jinping ‘never brought it up because he understands it, and he understands it very well.’

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The secretary said China has been an ‘unreliable supplier.’

A federal court ruled that the Trump administration must present a plan to start issuing full SNAP payments by Monday, or partial payments by Wednesday.

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Bessent said that the Trump administration will not appeal the court ruling.

Vietnam’s defense ministry said that Hanoi and Washington agreed to continue pushing for security cooperation.

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