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    President Donald Trump speaks during a Memorial Day ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery, Monday, May 28… The president likes a deal, and this is a moment for Republicans, who are beginning to show some spine, to make one. How about they work with Trump on his trade war or is it a trade skirmish? He can have naming rights in exchange for his opening up the books on his and Ivanka’s continued business dealings, in particular those with China. Congress has negotiating power right now with Trump given that he’s in the hole over his impulsive, unilateral proposal to lift sanctions on Chinese telecom giant ZTE. This came in too-close-for-comfort proximity to Ivanka getting seven trademarks in a month from China worth millions, bringing to 13 her total over the last ...

    Nick Jonas and Priyanka Chopra continued to fuel dating rumors during a night out in West Hollywood, California, on Thursday. A source tells ET that the two cozied up at a table at Toca Madera restaurant, arriving together at around 8 p.m. Sitting on the garden patio, the rumoured couple enjoyed guacamole, ceviche verde, chicken tacos and the Japanese wagyu beef. The pair were very affectionate with one another, with Priyanka running her hands through his hair as they cozied up together at their corner table in the garden patio, the source says. They were cute and seemed to be enjoying each other's company, laughing and smiling. The romantic night out comes after the Quantico actress and Jealous singer were spotted together on a string of fun outings throughout Me...

    Social media users poked fun at President Trump on Friday after the White House unveiled photos of him receiving a letter in a large envelope from North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. Trump is seen in the photos smiling while posing alongside Kim Jong Chol, North Korea's former intelligence chief and tope aide to the regime's ruler. Trump initially said that he had received a very nice letter from Kim Jong Un, but acknowledged just minutes later that he hadn't yet opened or read the letter. The letter was presented as Trump revived plans for a June 12 summit with Kim in Singapore that Trump had abruptly cancelled last week. Social media users, however, were quick to point out the large envelope. Ben Wexler, a writer for the Arrested Development television show, did a...

    Trump has strengthened the case for a customs union with the EU. There is safety in the numbers of a market with 500 million consumers at a time of global turmoil in trade When Theresa May rushed to Washington in January last year, desperate to be the first foreign leader to meet the newly-elected Donald Trump, she wanted the much trumpeted special relationship to deliver a special trade deal potentially, the biggest the UK could land after Brexit. At the time, it seemed like mission accomplished. Trump promised deeper commercial ties between the two countries, and later a very big, very powerful trade deal very very quickly. May allies said this vindicated her strategy of getting close to the president, and offering him an early state visit to the UK. But wiser h...

    After three weeks out of the public eye, Melania Trump has put to rest speculation about her health and marriage. The first lady, who is recovering from medical treatment for a kidney condition, took to Twitter to say she was feeling great and is at the White House. Ms Trump is yet to make a public appearance, leaving some sceptics still wondering about her condition. The first lady's tweet landed while her husband was participating in a White House event that seemed tailor-made for a first lady, as famous athletes joined Donald Trump and his daughter and senior adviser, Ivanka Trump, on the South Lawn to promote youth sports and fitness. I see the media is working overtime speculating where I am & what I'm doing, Ms Trump said on Twitter. "Rest assured, I'm h...

    The US has announced plans to impose tariffs on steel and aluminium from the EU starting at midnight. US President Donald Trump announced in March that he would slap a 25% tariff on imported steel and a 10% tariff on imported aluminium, citing national security interests. But he had granted an exemption to the EU and other allies, including Canada and Mexico. That exemption was due to expire on Friday. US Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said talks with the EU had made progress but not enough to continue the exemptions. Talks with Canada and Mexico over the North American Free Trade Agreement had been taking longer than we had hoped, he said. He added: We look forward to continued negotiations, both with Canada and Mexico on the one hand, and with the European Com...

    North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has dispatched one of his top aides to New York for talks ahead of his planned summit with Donald Trump next month, the U.S. president said on Twitter. Meetings are currently taking place concerning Summit, and more, Trump said in a Twitter posting that misspelled the envoy’s name. Kim Young Chol, the Vice Chairman of North Korea, heading now to New York. Solid response to my letter, thank you! The veteran official’s trip is another sign that preparations for the on-again, off-again June 12 meeting in Singapore are moving forward. Just three days after Trump abruptly called off the unprecedented meeting in a letter to the North Korean leader, the president appeared to confirm the talks were back on. Kim Yong Chol accompanied Kim Jong...

    In 17 years of teaching English composition in South Carolina public schools, Yvonne Mason had seen these blunders many times before. Redundancies. Faulty capitalization. Lack of clarity and specificity. But Mason wasn't grading a student paper. She was reading a letter she received from President Donald Trump. I have never, ever, received a letter with this many silly mistakes, Mason said. The former Mauldin High School teacher promptly did what she had done thousands of times before: She corrected the writing and returned it, this one going back to the White House. Mason recognizes, of course, that the form letter she received from the president was very likely written by a staff member, not Trump, though the letter does include Trump's signature. It came in re...

    US president Donald Trump called off a planned summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un that was set to take place in Singapore on June 12. Leaders around the world reacted mostly with dismay, though Trump found support among his allies. In a long letter, North Korea’s vice foreign minister Kim Kye Gwan called Trump’s announcement not consistent with the desire of humankind for peace and stability in the world. French president Emmanuel Macron and Russian president Vladimir Putin, speaking at a meeting in Saint Petersburg, both expressed regret that the meeting had been called off. A spokeswoman for British prime minister Theresa May said, We are disappointed that the meeting will no longer go ahead as planned. We need to see an agreement that can bring about th...

President Trump has notified Kim Jong-un, the North Korean leader, that he has canceled their much-anticipated meeting, which was set for June 12. In a letter dated Thursday to Mr. Kim, the American president said he would not attend the summit due to “tremendous anger and open hostility displayed in your most recent statement.” He was referring to recent comments from a North Korean official who described Vice President Mike Pence as “ignorant and stupid.” “Some day, I look very much forward to meeting you,” Mr. Trump concluded.  The following is the text of that letter, as released by the White House. ______________________________ His Excellency Kim Jong Un Chairman of the State Affairs Commission of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea Pyongyang Dear Mr. Chairman...