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Last Updated: May 11, 2025, 7:01 PM EDT

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 08, 2025, 5:09 PM EDT

Trump, in social media post, calls for 30-day ceasefire in Urkaine-Russia conflict

Trump did not make a specific mention of his call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy Wednesday afternoon, but he did call for a 30-day unconditional ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine in a Truth Social post.

President Donald Trump looks on as he gives remarks outside the West Wing at the White House in Washington, D.C., May 8, 2025.
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"As President, I will stay committed to securing Peace between Russia and Ukraine, together with the Europeans, and a Lasting Peace it will be! This ceasefire must ultimately build toward a Peace Agreement. It can all be done very quickly, and I will be available on a moment’s notice if my services are needed," he wrote.

The comments come after members of the Trump administration, including Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Vice President J.D. Vance, have said Trump is running out of patience and is prepared to move on from negotiations.

-ABC News' Hannah Demissie

May 08, 2025, 4:36 PM EDT

Schiff likens possible Pirro nomination to Hegseth

Sen. Adam Schiff responded to ABC News' reporting that Fox News Host Jeanine Pirro could be tapped to replace Ed Martin as US Attorney for DC after saying earlier on Thursday that he was "watching closely" who Trump would pick next.

The California Democrat, using sarcasm, suggested that Pirro's selection could be like Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's, another Fox News host who has been embroiled in controversy since being named nominee by the president.

"Because the other Fox News host in this administration is doing such a stellar job," Schiff said in a post on X, including a link to the ABC reporting.

-ABC News' Isabella Murray

May 08, 2025, 4:31 PM EDT

Homeland Security asks Supreme Court to OK end to humanitarian parole program

The Trump administration is back at the Supreme Court again seeking an emergency order allowing it to categorically revoke humanitarian parole for more than 530,000 immigrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela.

Solicitor General John Sauer argued in a petition to the justices that a lower court has "nullified one of the Administration's most consequential immigration policy decisions" and hamstrung Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem's lawful authority to revoke an immigrant's status without judicial review.

Sauer claimed that the Immigration and Nationality Act gives the secretary broad power to terminate parole whenever in her opinion "the purposes of such parole have been served." Lower courts have said she can only terminate parole on a case-by-case basis.

The court called for a response from a group of plaintiffs challenging the policy by May 15.

-ABC News' Devin Dwyer

May 08, 2025, 3:57 PM EDT

Zelenskyy spoke with Trump, Ukrainian officials say

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

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