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.
Several members of Trump's Cabinet are scheduled to testify in separate hearings on the Hill Tuesday.
Secretary of Treasury Scott Bessent speaks during the daily briefing in the Brady Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, April 29, 2025.
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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent will testify at a hearing of the House Appropriations subcommittee while Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is testifying before the House Oversight subcommittee.
The Senate Appropriations subcommittee will hold hearing on Trumps' Budget Request for the USDA with Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins.
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, 11:58 PM EDT
Appeals court denies Trump admin from ending CHNV program
After a district court blocked the Department of Homeland Security from abruptly ending the Cuban, Haitian, Nicaraguan, and Venezuelan Parole Program, President Donald Trump's administration appealed the decision. However, a panel of three judges denied the appeal on Monday.
The program, initiated under former President Joe Biden, allowed some migrants with United States sponsors to travel into the country, obtain work permits and stay in the country for a period of two years.
The DHS announced in February that it would end CHNV protections for migrants in 30 days, but could start deporting them sooner.
In their ruling on Monday, the panel argued that existing immigration law "does not grant the Secretary of Homeland Security unreviewable discretion to terminate parole on other than a case-by-case basis."
-ABC News' Armando Tonatiuh Torres-García
May 05, 2025, 6:19 PM EDT
Trump signs EO promoting domestic pharmaceutical manufacturing
Trump signed two executive orders Monday afternoon: one that provides tools to enforce a federal ban on gain-of-function research abroad and one that promotes domestic manufacturing of pharmaceuticals.
Trump said he would have a “big announcement” next week regarding the cost of medicines, though he declined to elaborate.
President Donald Trump holds an executive orders on biomedical research safety in the Oval Office of the White House, May 5, 2025, in Washington.
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“I think we're going to have another, conference next week, which will be very important having to do,” he said. “I think [it] will be very productive.”
-ABC News’ John Parkinson
May 05, 2025, 5:45 PM EDT
Rep. Hayes, a former teacher of the year, launches Teacher Caucus
Rep. Jahana Hayes, D-Conn., the 2016 National Teacher of the Year, launched the Congressional Teacher Caucus to start Teacher Appreciation Week 2025.
Hayes said the caucus aims to provide a dedicated platform for educators serving in Congress to find common sense solutions to addressing the educational issues of today, according to a release from Hayes’ office.
The caucus also launches in direct response to “unprecedented attacks” against public education and Trump’s pledge to shutter the U.S. Department of Education.
Rep. Jahana Hayes speaks during the House Democrats' post-caucus meeting news conference in the Capitol, Sept. 18, 2024.
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A fierce defender of public education, Hayes is one of several educators in Congress and serves as a member of the House Education and Workforce Committee. Hayes and a coalition of lawmakers who have been outspoken about the administration’s mission to abolish the agency were denied entry to the department earlier this year.
“What you will not do is shut down this department and deny access to all of those children needed while we're in Congress.” Rep. Hayes said, speaking at a press conference outside the agency.
“We will not allow for Donald Trump and his allies to rob the piggy bank of the Department of Education and transfer the funds that so many of our children need to fund their wealthy, billionaire friends and all of these school choice voucher programs,” Hayes added.
Congress can dismantle the Department of Education if 60 senators vote "yes" on legislation targeting the agency.
