Trump did not provide any timing on when Alexander is expected to be released.
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.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Trump spoke on the phone Thursday, Zelenskyy’s spokesperson said.
There are no details on the call from the Ukrainian side.
-ABC News' Oleksiy Pshemyskiy and Ellie Kaufman
Toyota, the world's largest automaker, is the latest carmaker to revise its forecast downward, due to the trade war started by the White House.
The company's current forecast for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2026, (assuming average exchange rates through the fiscal year of 145 yen per US$1) assumes that the impact of U.S. tariffs will slash operating income for April and May, tentatively, by $1.24 billion (180.0 billion yen).
For the full fiscal year outlook, which ends at the end of next March, the company forecasts a 20.8% decrease in operating income and a 34.9% decrease in net income for the Toyota Motor Corporation because of tariffs and the ensuing weakness in the U.S. dollar. Chief Executive Koji Sato said Thursday that tariff developments are fluid and it is difficult to project further.
Toyota, which does manufacture some cars in the US, as well as Mexico and Japan, faces a 25% tariff on the ones it doesn't make in the US and outside of the USMCA trade agreement and on auto parts.
-ABC News' Soo Youn
The State Department released a statement from Rubio congratulating Pope Leo XIV.
"This is a moment of profound significance for the Catholic Church, offering renewed hope and continuity amid the 2025 Jubilee Year to over a billion faithful worldwide. The papacy carries a sacred and solemn responsibility," he said.
"Jeanette and I are united in prayer for His Holiness, may the Holy Spirit impart wisdom, strength, and grace as he shepherds the Church. The United States looks forward to deepening our enduring relationship with the Holy See with the first American pontiff," he added.
-ABC News' Shannon Kingston
Democratic Sen. Adam Schiff, who was the first to place a hold on Ed Martin’s nomination on April 1, released a statement after Trump said he was withdrawing Martin's nomination to serve as permanent U.S. attorney for D.C.
Schiff said is a statement that he'll be "watching closely" to see who Trump nominates next to serve in the role and will "keep working to ensure that the January 6 deniers are not confirmed to positions from which they can undermine our rule of law and threaten our democracy."
-ABC News' Isabella Murray
