President Donald Trump on Sunday responded to Maryland Gov. Wes Moore's invitation to attend a public safety walk next month in Baltimore, offering to send "troops" to the city.
On Friday, Trump announced on social media that the U.S. "now fully owns and controls 10% of INTEL." Trump said he negotiated the deal with Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan.
Earlier Friday, federal agents were seen searching the Maryland residence of former Trump national security adviser turned critic John Bolton. Sources told ABC News the search was related to allegations that Bolton is in possession of classified records.
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney spoke with President Donald Trump on Thursday, according to representatives from both leaders.
Carney "had a productive and wide-ranging conversation" with Trump where they "discussed current trade challenges, opportunities, and shared priorities in a new economic and security relationship between Canada and the U.S.," according to Canadian officials.
President Donald J Trump attends a Multilateral Meeting with European leaders in the East Room of the White House in Washington, August 18, 2025.
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"The leaders also discussed how to build on the President’s leadership to support long-term peace and security for Ukraine and Europe," the officials added.
-ABC News' Aleem Agha and Will Gretsky
Aug 21, 2025, 2:04 PM EDT
Public White House tours to be suspended as construction on ballroom begins
The Trump administration will suspend public White House tours due to the construction that is scheduled to start soon on a new ballroom, multiple Congressional offices told ABC News Thursday.
Spokespeople for the official websites for several of these members said they were told by the White House that this pause would start in September and tours could be postponed "indefinitely."
The offices gave various reasons for the pause on tours, including "construction projects," "extensive renovations" and "because of construction on the new White House ballroom."
All tours of the White House are scheduled through a visitor's member of Congress.
The website for Rep. Don Beyer, D-Va., reads: "Unfortunately, the Trump Administration recently announced that it would pause all public tours of the White House beginning in September to accommodate construction projects. We apologize for any inconvenience to those who have submitted tour requests for this period, and will share further updates as soon as additional guidance is available."
Another office said they had reached out to the White House after the Washington Post initially reported that tours would be suspended.
The White House is seen, Aug. 18, 2025, in Washington.
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Another congressional office said they were told White House tours were not immediately barred but rather would halt at the start of September.
A White House liason "confirmed that we can still book tours through the end of August, but they have cancelled all September tours. They said that they'll give more info after Labor Day," an aide told ABC News. A separate congressional office also said they were waiting for a more "formal announcement from the visitor's office" about how to move forward with scheduling public East Wing tours.
-ABC News' Allison Pecorin, Ben Siegel, John Parkinson, Michelle Stoddart and Isabella Murray.</p>
Aug 21, 2025, 11:21 AM EDT
Trump says Missouri is 'now IN' as redistricting battle heats up
As the redistricting battle heats up after Texas passed their new congressional maps favoring Republicans, President Donald Trump is saying that Missouri is "now IN."
"We’re going to win the Midterms in Missouri again, bigger and better than ever before!" Trump wrote on his social media platform.
The post comes as California's Governor Gavin Newsom has vowed to change their maps to favor Democrats, with the California state legislature set to meet on Thursday. Trump has also put pressure on other states, including Indiana, to redraw their districts to favor Republicans.
President Donald Trump participates in a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and European leaders in the East Room of the White House, Aug. 18, 2025, in Washington.
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-ABC News' Michelle Stoddart
Aug 21, 2025, 8:51 AM EDT
US, European Union announce 'Framework Agreement' on trade
The U.S. and the European Union released a joint statement on Thursday outlining a "Framework Agreement" on trade, weeks after President Donald Trump announced a deal in July.
"The United States and the European Union intend this Framework Agreement to be a first step in a process that can be further expanded over time to cover additional areas and continue to improve market access and increase their trade and investment relationship," the statement reads.
According to the statement, the U.S. will impose a 15% tariff on most goods from the EU, including pharmaceuticals and semiconductors. The U.S. will keep the current 27.5% tariffs on automobiles from the EU until it introduces legislation to reduce tariffs on a variety of U.S. goods.
President Donald J Trump attends a Multilateral Meeting with European leaders in the East Room of the White House in Washington, August 18, 2025.
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According to the joint statement, the EU intends to provide preferential market access for seafood and non-sensitive agricultural goods imported from the US, including tree nuts, certain dairy products, fresh and processed fruits and vegetables, processed foods, planting seeds, soybean oil, and pork and bison meat. It also plans to substantially increase procurement of military and defense equipment from the United States.
