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.
Trump to welcome home a returned citizen, sign executive orders
On Monday, President Trump will sign executive orders and "welcome home a returned Citizen," according to the White House schedule.
Trump is set to sign the orders at 3 p.m. ET before welcoming home the American citizen in the Oval Office at 3:30 p.m. ET. As of now, both events are closed to the press. The White House has not yet provided details on the subject of the orders or details of the returned citizen.
Later Monday evening, Trump will attend a MAGA Inc. dinner at his Virginia golf club.
May 05, 2025, 9:32 AM EDT
Trump to announce Washington is expected to host 2027 NFL draft: Sources
President Trump's Monday schedule includes making a "sports announcement" from the Oval Office.
The 1 p.m. ET sports event will be an announcement by Trump that Washington is expected to host the 2027 NFL draft, sources familiar with the matter said. The sources said the goal is to host the draft on the National Mall.
It comes as the Washington Commanders are set to return to the nation's capital, which Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser announced in a post on X last week.
-ABC News' Katherine Faulders
May 04, 2025, 10:25 PM EDT
Trump says judges he appoints won't demand deportation 'trials'
President Donald Trump addressed judicial nominations while speaking with reporters aboard Air Force One on Sunday evening, saying, "Well, we're putting them in rapidly. We're trying to get very good ones."
"We need judges that are not going to be demanding trials for every single illegal immigrant. We have millions of people that have come in here illegally, and we can't have a trial for every single person. That would be millions of trials," the president said of the administration's sweeping deportations.
President Donald Trump waves as he steps off of Air Force One upon arrival at Tuscaloosa National Airport in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, May 1, 2025.
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Trump said his overhaul of U.S. immigration policies was "the No. 1 issue" he campaigned on, claiming "radicalized" judges are delaying that process.
"So, they come into our country illegally, and then we're supposed to take weeks, I guess, and months to have a trial on every criminal that we have, murderers all over the country. I don't think the Supreme Court will stand for that. I can't believe it, because, you know what, if they do, we're not going to have a country," Trump claimed.
-ABC News' Fritz Farrow
May 04, 2025, 10:09 PM EDT
Trump names Stephen Miller as top candidate for next national security adviser
While speaking with reporters aboard Air Force One on Sunday evening, President Donald Trump said he's considering tapping White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller to be the next national security adviser.
“Stephen Miller's at the top of the totem pole,” Trump said. "I mean, I think he sort of, indirectly, already has that job, you understand, because he has a lot to say about a lot of things. He's a very valued person in the administration, Stephen.”
White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller speaks to reporters during a press briefing at the White House in Washington, May 1, 2025.
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Trump also defended his decision to remove Mike Waltz from the role and nominate him to be the U.S. ambassador to the U.N.
"I actually think it's a higher position, if you want to know the truth," Trump said of Waltz's new nomination. "I think it's an upgrade."
Trump said his official nomination for the next national security adviser would come "within six months."
