The White House on Sunday praised a “China Commercial Agreement” – Without providing details – After two US employees alluded to a possible deal with China after negotiations between the two Swiss countries over the weekend.
“The US announces China’s trade agreement in Geneva,” read the White House headline for a transcription of the Scott Bessent Treasury Secretary and US commercial representative Jamieson Greer, the observations of reporters.
Bessent and Greer had an optimistic tone for the state of a potential trade agreement with China, noting that the government would provide additional details on Monday. While Greer referred to a “agreement” and “business”, no official has provided details. China has not yet publicly evaluated whether the two countries have closed an agreement.
“I am happy to inform you that we have made substantial progress between the United States and China in very important commercial negotiations,” Bessent told reporters, adding that “negotiations were productive.”
Hamas says he will release American hostage
Hamas agreed to free Edan Alexandera double and Israeli citizen believed to be the last living American citizen who remains in captivity in Gaza, weeks after saying that he had lost contact with the group holding him hostage.
Its release is part of “measures taken to get a ceasefire, open the intersections and allow help,” said Khalil Al-Hayya, head of the Hamas Trading Team in a statement. Al-Hayya did not provide information about Alexander’s condition.
Steve Witkoff, a US special envoy to the Middle East, confirmed the deal with NBC News and said he is traveling to Israel to ensure Alexander’s liberation.
The news comes as disagreements about how to approach the situation in Gaza, as well as in Iran, took For tension between US President Donald Trump and the first Israeli minister Benjamin NetanyahuAccording to two US authorities, two Middle East diplomats and two other people with knowledge.
While Netanyahu wants to continue a military approach, Trump sees an opportunity to agree with an now worn Iran, the sources told NBC News.
‘Know the press’
Trump’s main consultant Stephen Miller
When asked if he would support SUSPEND HABEAS CORPUS BY IMMIGRANTS WITHOUT DocumentSenator John Barrasso, R-Wyo. He squiled the questions, telling the NBC News’ “Meet the Press” that he didn’t think the question would come to Congress.
Meanwhile, Senator Amy Klobuchar, D-Min. The state of the Democratic Party After the 2024 election.
Klobuchar reflected on Joe Biden suspending his reelection campaign last year and endorsing Kamala Harris just a few months before the election.
“Yes, we would have been better served by a primary. But we are where we are,” Klobuchar said. “I’m not interested in going back in time. I’m interested in moving on.”
Politics soon
- Special delivery: The Trump government is preparing to accept A Jumbo Jumbo of the Royal Family of Qatar as a gift to be used as the new air force for presidential trips until just before Trump left office.
- MUSK: Regulatory problems that pursued the Elon Musk technology billionaire and their commercial empire in recent years started melting Under the Trump government.
- Ice Problem: Three Chamber Democrats may face arrest by an incident during a supervision visit To an immigration and application detention center in New Jersey, suggested a partner of the internal security department.
- Lost in the translation: Trump Steve Witkoff special broke with the longtime protocol By trusting translators provided by Kremlin for three high -level meetings with Russia Vladimir Putin, officials told NBC News.
How Leo became the unexpected Pope
Since the doors of the Sistine Chapel are sealed, the cardinals who frequent the conclave take an oath of “absolute and perpetual confidentiality”, as well as all the Vatican employees who help them, including cooks, cleaning products and drivers.
But then There were already some insiders As for how relatively obscure American Augustinian, which was not widely discussed before the event, changed the minds and ended up as Pope.
Cardinal Wilton Gregory said that “a lot of dialogue occurred in meals, coffee breaks, those moments when you can get involved in smaller groups,” suggesting that it was at these times that Cardinal Robert Prevost, who would soon become Leo, prospered.
“It was not that he got up and made this overwhelming speech that was impressed,” said Gregory. “I don’t remember any specific intervention, but I believe it has been very effective in minor group conversations.”
Remarkable quote
This was not our first rodeo. We went through 268 times.
Cardinal Timothy Dolan, Archbishop of New York
The conclave who saw Pope Leo XIV emerge unexpectedly When the new leader of the Catholic Church ended after only 33 hours of deliberation.
Supermarket buyers are preparing to pay more for eggs, meat and other staples
Egg prices are stabilizing after a Review of respect Deny Noute this yearbut supermarket buyers are already getting used to spending more for these and other pantry staples.
After reaching $ 6.55 in mid -March, a dozen eggs sold for an average of $ 5.45 across the country from the week that ends on April 19, according to the latest data available at the NIQ market research company. THE continuous decline It is well -ing news for consumers, but it comes in higher prices for a series of pantry staples, even when inflation generally has been cooled.
And it’s not just eggs: many buyers are preparing to pay more for purchases in general as they change their focus to cover essentials.
Many are now planning to cut their expenses this summer in everything from clothing and furniture to travel, according to a survey the KPMG consulting firm released in late April. Purchases were one of two categories in which buyers said they expect to spend more.
If you have lost
- New research suggests Wild chimpanzees developed a much more subtle communication system than previously performed.
- Black College Senior are forming in a job market This has seen Dei’s reversal, less external enthusiasm for recruiting black workers and signs of a recharge in hiring everyone.
- Winner Jockey of Kentucky Derby Junior Alvarado was suspended and fined $ 62,000 for reaching his horse many times during the race. Alvarado used his riding harvest in sovereignty “more than the amount allowed,” the authorities said.
- Other Soil stop at Newark Liberty International They left travelers facing a new wave of cancellations and hours of hours at New Jersey airport.
- Russian President Vladimir Putin suggested Restarting direct conversations with Ukraine From May 15, as other world leaders threaten the increase in sanctions to Russia.
- THE The Trump government interrupted the research In order to help babies with heart defects, endangering 30 years of research.
- ONE Soviet space Launched in 1972 on a failed Mission of Venus, it is believed to have fallen on Earth.