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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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May 05, 2025, 11:00 AM EDT

DHS set to offer travel assistance for those who self-deport

In a move to push the those in the country illegally to self deport, the Department of Homeland Security on Monday announced a travel assistance program to help those who want to leave the country voluntarily.

Those who are in the country illegally and want to self-deport must use the CBP Home App, return to their home country and then they'll receive a $1,000 stipend, according to a release from DHS.

“If you are here illegally, self-deportation is the best, safest and most cost-effective way to leave the United States to avoid arrest. DHS is now offering illegal aliens financial travel assistance and a stipend to return to their home country through the CBP Home App,” said Secretary Kristi Noem. “This is the safest option for our law enforcement, aliens and is a 70% savings for US taxpayers. Download the CBP Home App TODAY and self-deport.”

Self deporting has been something the Trump administration has been pushing, as opposed to having ICE arrest and deport migrants.

-ABC News' Luke Barr

Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem attends a meeting with El Salvador president in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, April 14, 2025.
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May 05, 2025, 10:38 AM EDT

NY Gov. Hochul says Trump's 'dolls' comment shows he 'doesn't care'

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, in an appearance on CNN on Monday morning, said that President Trump's recent comments that children could "have two dolls instead of 30 dolls" as a result of tariffs on China and a trade war show that the president "doesn't care."

"It's so condescending," Hochul said. "Condescending on so many levels. But as a mom who has bought dolls for my little girl and my granddaughter, I mean, come on, the President of United States telling you that, oh, you don't need that. This is a millionaire, maybe a billionaire who really knows what his records show, but he has a lot more money than the average American."

Governor of New York Kathy Hochul rides the subway, March 21, 2025 in New York City.
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Trump made the comments while answering questions at the end of his Cabinet meeting late last month, seeming to acknowledge the real impacts his trade war with China could have on Americans.

"It shows a disconnect with the people who voted him into office, many of them, that he doesn't care," Hochul said. "He doesn't care about the families… And I think they're starting to hear this and feel this, and they feel they've been betrayed. And that's a very overwhelming feeling across the state of New York."

-ABC News' Oren Oppenheim

May 05, 2025, 10:15 AM EDT

Trump will greet freed Russian-American ballerina Ksenia Karelina at the White House

President Trump on Monday will greet Ksenia Karelina, a freed U.S.-Russian dual citizen who was imprisoned in Russia, at the White House, a White House official confirmed to ABC News.

Karelina, a ballerina who was jailed for 12 years over donations to an organization that supported Ukraine, was released in a prisoner swap in early March.

Ksenia Karelina, a Russian-American dual citizen who was released from detention in Russia, reacts as she arrives at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, April 10, 2025.
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When she landed back on American soil, she thanked President Trump in a video posted by White House aide Seb Gorka. "Mr. Trump, I'm so so grateful for you to bring me home," Karelina said in the video at the time.

NBC was first to report that it was Karelina that Trump is set to meeting with at the White House Monday.

-ABC News' Michelle Stoddart

May 05, 2025, 9:54 AM EDT

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.

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