美国总统唐纳德·特朗普(Donald Trump)在Truth Social的一篇帖子中表示，他将于周四主持一场“大型新闻发布会”，宣布“与一个备受尊重的大国代表达成一项重大贸易协议。”
新闻发布会定于上午10点在椭圆形办公室举行。
特朗普表示，这一宣布将是“许多宣布中的第一个”。
在上月接受《时代》杂志采访时，特朗普声称已经“做了200笔交易但没有详细说明是哪些国家或具体条款是什么。
国家情报总监解密60，000份RFK暗杀档案
美国国家情报总监塔尔西·加巴德(Tulsi Gabbard)周三宣布，公布了约6万份关于1968年罗伯特·F·肯尼迪遇刺的文件。这还不包括上个月公布的大约10，000份文件。
加巴德说，这些“额外的调查材料证实了此前公布的信息”。
她解释说:“正如在最初的一万份RFK档案中首次发现的那样，有谣言在外国流传，说肯尼迪参议员在他真正遇刺前一个月被枪杀了。”。
根据加巴德的说法，新发布的文件“已经在联邦政府的各种存储设施中存放了几十年，以前从未被数字化或可供公众访问。”
最新发布的内容包括洛杉矶警察局对刺杀肯尼迪的男子西尔汉·西尔汉的采访，以及对目击者的采访录音。
加巴德说，更多的文件将继续“与之前发布的文件一起上传到archives.gov/rfk确保所有暗杀RFK的文件可以在一个集中的，可搜索的格式中找到。"
一些文件将有社会安全号码，税收识别号码和大陪审团信息的编辑。
预算谈判拖拖拉拉，因为共和党人的图表路径和解终点线
众议院议长·迈克·约翰逊，洛杉矶。在白宫会见了国会议员和政府高级官员后，他返回了国会大厦，因为共和党人的目标是解决和解谈判的最后症结。
“我们正在向前迈进，所有和解的优点都在一起，”约翰逊说。“每个人都对时间表非常乐观，我们认为我们可以在阵亡将士纪念日之前完成我们的工作。”
约翰逊没有进入白宫会议的细节，但拒绝了民主党人要求的国会预算办公室的分析，该分析分解了改革医疗补助的各种提案。
“他们甚至不知道我们在考虑什么提议，所以这些都是废话，”约翰逊说。“我们还在谈论这些事情。”
特朗普政府在基尔马·阿布雷戈·加西亚案中援引国家机密特权
根据法院命令，特朗普政府在基尔马·阿布雷戈·加西亚的案件中援引了很少使用的国家机密特权。
美国地区法官保拉·辛尼斯(Paula Xinis)周三在一份文件中表示，“法院要求对被告行使特权的情况进行正式通报，主要是国家机密和审议程序特权。”。
上周，辛尼斯否认了特朗普政府关于在此案中保留证据开示的动议。
特朗普政府此前在3月份的另一起案件中援引了国家机密特权，当时政府拒绝向联邦法官提供有关根据《外国敌人法》飞往萨尔瓦多的驱逐航班的信息。
作为对特朗普政府援引特权的回应，Xinis命令各方在5月12日之前提交辩护状，并安排在5月16日举行听证会。
Trump admin live updates: Trump says he'll announce 'MAJOR TRADE DEAL' on Thursday
President Donald Trump, speaking in the Oval Office on Wednesday, said he was not willing to pull back tariffs on China. The president also said a news of a new ceasefire and hostage deal proposal for Israel and Hamas could come in the "next 24 hours."
Also on the foreign policy front, the administration said it is closely monitoring developments between Pakistan and India after the two nations exchanged fire.
Meanwhile, on Capitol Hill, Republicans are continuing to iron out their "big, beautiful bill" that includes Trump's sweeping legislative agenda. Also, Trump officials, including Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Energy Secretary Chris Wright, testified before various committees.
Trump says he will announce 'MAJOR TRADE DEAL' on Thursday
President Donald Trump in a post on Truth Social said he would be hosting a "big news conference" on Thursday to announce a "MAJOR TRADE DEAL WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF A BIG, AND HIGHLY RESPECTED, COUNTRY."
The news conference is set for 10 a.m. from the Oval Office.
Trump said the announcement would be "THE FIRST OF MANY."
In an interview with Time magazine last month, Trump claimed to have already "made 200 deals" with other countries on tariffs but did not elaborate on which countries or what the terms were.
National Intelligence director declassifies 60,000 RFK assassination files
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard on Wednesday announced the release of about 60,000 files on the 1968 assassination of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy. That's in addition to some 10,000 files released last month.
These “additional investigative materials corroborate this previously released information,” Gabbard said.
“As was first uncovered in the initial tranche of 10,000 RFK files, there were rumors circulating on foreign soil that Senator Kennedy had been shot one month prior to his true assassination date,” she explained.
According to Gabbard, the newly released files “have been sitting in various storage facilities across the federal government for decades and had never been digitized or accessible to the public before.”
The latest release includes the Los Angeles Police Department’s interviews with Sirhan Sirhan, the man who assassinated Kennedy, as well as recordings of interviews with eyewitnesses.
Gabbard said additional files will continue to be “uploaded alongside the previously released files atarchives.gov/rfkto ensure all RFK assassination documents can be found in a centralized, searchable format.”
Some files will have redactions for Social Security numbers, tax identification numbers and grand jury information.
Budget negotiations drag on as Republicans chart path to reconciliation finish line
House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., returned to the Capitol after meeting with his congressional counterparts and top administration officials at the White House -- as Republicans aim to settle the final sticking points of negotiations on reconciliation.
"We're moving ahead and … all the fine points of reconciliation are coming together,” Johnson said. "Everybody's very optimistic about the timetable that we think we can get our part done by Memorial Day."
Johnson did not get into detail about the White House meeting but rejected a Congressional Budget Office analysis requested by Democrats that breaks down various proposals to reform Medicaid.
"They don't even know what proposals we're considering so that's all nonsense," Johnson said. "We're still talking about these things."
Trump administration invokes state secrets privilege in Kilmar Abrego Garcia case
The Trump administration has invoked the rarely used state secrets privilege in Kilmar Abrego Garcia's case, according to a court order.
"The court requires formal briefing of the Defendants' invocations of privilege, principally the state secrets and deliberative process privileges," U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis said in a filing on Wednesday.
Last week, Xinis denied the Trump administration's motion to stay discovery in the case.
The Trump administration previously invoked the state secrets privilege in a separate case in March when the government refused to provide a federal judge with information about deportation flights under the Alien Enemies Act to El Salvador.
In response to the invocation of privilege by the Trump administration, Xinis ordered the parties to submit briefs by May 12 and scheduled a hearing for May 16.
