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Trump inks trade deal with UK, previews China trade negotiations during 16th week in office

President Donald Trump and his administration inked a major trade deal with the U.K. Thursday, and closed the week gearing up for trade talks with China over the weekend.
Details of the specific trade plan with the U.K. are sparse, but the deal keeps the existing 10% tariffs in place against U.K. goods while removing some import taxes on items like steel and cars.
«With this deal, the U.K. joins the United States in affirming that reciprocity and fairness is an essential and vital principle of international trade,» Trump said Thursday. «The deal includes billions of dollars of increased market access for American exports, especially in agriculture, dramatically increasing access for American beef, ethanol and virtually all of the products produced by our great farmers.»
TRUMP SIGNALS CHINA ‘VERY MUCH’ INTERESTED IN SECURING TRADE DEAL AHEAD OF SWITZERLAND NEGOTIATIONS
President Donald Trump along with Vice President JD Vance and Peter Mandelson, British Ambassador to the United States, third from left, listen as Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain speaks on the speakerphone in the Oval Office at the White House May 8, 2025, following Trump’s U.K. trade deal announcement. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
The deal is the first historic trade negotiation signed following Liberation Day, when Trump announced widespread tariffs for multiple countries April 2 at a range of rates.
The administration later adjusted its initial proposal and announced April 9 it would immediately impose a 145% tariff on Chinese goods, while reducing reciprocal tariffs on other countries for 90 days to a baseline of 10%. China responded by raising tariffs on U.S. goods to 125%.
Trump also shed some insight into trade negotiations with China, given that Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is scheduled to kick off trade negotiations with China in Switzerland Saturday.
«Scott’s going to be going to Switzerland, meeting with China,» Trump told reporters Thursday at the White House. «And you know, they very much want to make a deal. We can all play games. Who made the first call, who didn’t make them? It doesn’t matter. Only matters what happens in that room. But I will tell you that China very much wants to make a deal. We’ll see how that works out.»
Here’s what also happened this week:
Meeting with Canada’s prime minister
Trump also doubled down on his interest in expanding the U.S. during a Tuesday visit with Canada’s prime minister, Mark Carney.
Trump regularly has said he wants Canada to become a U.S. state, and has discussed acquiring Greenland and the Panama Canal for security purposes. However, the matter of Canada isn’t open to negotiation, Carney said.
«Having met with the owners of Canada over the course of the campaign the last several months, it’s not for sale,» Carney said at the White House Tuesday. «Won’t be for sale ever, but the opportunity is in the partnership and what we can build together. We have done that in the past, and part of that, as the president just said, is with respect to our security, and my government is committed for a step change in our investment in Canadian security and our partnership.»
CARNEY SAYS CANADA IS NOT FOR SALE, TRUMP REPLIES ‘NEVER SAY NEVER’

President Donald Trump meets with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, May 6, 2025. (Jim Watson/AFP)
While Trump acknowledged that Canada was stepping up its investment in military security, he said, «Never say never» in response to Canada becoming another state.
«I’ve had many, many things that were not doable, and they ended up being doable,» Trump said.
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Meeting with ballet dancer freed from Russian prison
Trump also met with Russian-American ballet dancer, Ksenia Karelina, at the White House Monday. Karelina faced a sentence of 12 years in a Russian penal colony for treason in 2024, but the Trump administration negotiated her return to the U.S. during a U.S.-Russian prisoner swap in April.
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Senior Director for Counterterrorism Sebastian Gorka takes a picture of US-Russian ballet dancer Ksenia Karelina and her boyfriend, South African boxer Chris van Heerden, at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, following Karelina’s release from Russia on April 10, 2025. (Roberto Schmidt/AFP via Getty Images)
«Mr. Trump, I’m so, so grateful for you to bring me home and for (the) American government. And I never felt more blessed to be American, and I’m so, so happy to get home,» Karelina said in a video posted by Trump deputy assistant Sebastian Gorka on April 11 upon her return to the U.S.
Karelina, a resident of Los Angeles who was born in Russia, was arrested in 2024 during a trip to visit family in Yekaterinburg, Russia. Russia Federal Security Service arrested her after inspecting her phone and finding a donation to a U.S.-based charity that supports Ukraine.
Fox News’ Emma Colton contributed to this report.
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Al menos 12 muertos y un edificio residencial destruido tras nuevos bombardeos rusos en Kharkiv

Rusia lanzó una oleada de misiles y drones por toda Ucrania la noche del viernes al sábado, una ofensiva que dejó al menos 12 muertos y redujo a escombros un edificio de apartamentos en la ciudad Kharkiv, en el este.
Los reporteros de AFP en esta ciudad, la segunda más poblada de Ucrania antes de la guerra, observaron a los equipos de rescate buscando entre los restos del destrozado bloque de viviendas de estilo soviético de cinco plantas.
Los equipos temen que todavía haya residentes atrapados bajo las ruinas después del ataque de misil, que mató a diez personas, según las autoridades locales.
“Desde la pasada noche, se están retirando los escombros de un edificio residencial en Kharkiv tras un ataque con un misil balístico ruso”, dijo el presidente ucraniano, Volodimir Zelensky, en un mensaje en redes sociales.
El ataque se cobró la vida de una maestra de primaria y de su hijo, informó el alcalde Igor Terejov. Otra mujer murió junto a su hija adolescente, añadió.
La arremetida dejó también varios heridos, incluyendo dos niños, de 6 y 11 años, y una joven de 17.
Zelensky aseguró que Rusia lanzó 29 misiles y 480 drones contra su territorio. Durante la noche, las autoridades activaron la alerta por ataque aéreo en todo el país.
Los ataques también impactaron infraestructura energética y ferroviaria del país, dijo el mandatario.

También afirmó haber informado al presidente francés, Emmanuel Macron, sobre las consecuencias de los ataques durante una conversación telefónica.
Durante la llamada, Zelensky subrayó que era importante que el paquete de ayuda de 90.000 millones de euros de la Unión Europea, así como la próxima ronda de sanciones contra Rusia —actualmente bloqueada por Hungría— “se apliquen finalmente”
Moscú afirmó haber llevado a cabo un “ataque masivo de alta precisión” contra objetivos militares en Ucrania. Rusia niega sistemáticamente haber atacado infraestructuras civiles.
Otra persona murió en la región oriental de Dnipropetrovsk, y un joven de 24 años falleció cuando su coche fue alcanzado por un dron en la región de Sumi, limítrofe con Rusia, dijeron autoridades locales.
En Zaporizhzhia, en el sur, un ataque ruso causó un herido, un bebé, anunció en Telegram el jefe de la administración regional, Ivan Fedorov.
Además, tres personas resultaron heridas en Kiev y otras dos en Chuguiv, en la región de Járkov, según autoridades locales.

(AFP)
Durante el ataque nocturno ruso, la Fuerza Aérea polaca indicó en la red social X que había desplegado aviones militares para proteger su espacio aéreo en las regiones fronterizas con Ucrania, como suele hacer en caso de ofensivas a gran escala.
Esta nueva andanada de misiles y drones ocurre después de un intercambio de 500 prisioneros por bando entre Moscú y Kiev, en virtud de los acuerdos alcanzados durante la última ronda de negociaciones en Ginebra.
Sin embargo, el diálogo parece estancado por la falta de avances significativos y el estallido de la guerra en Oriente Medio.
Según Ucrania, había intenciones de celebrar una nueva ronda de negociaciones esta semana en Abu Dabi, pero la capital de Emiratos Árabes ha sido una de las ciudades golpeadas por los misiles y drones iraníes esta semana.
El lunes, Zelensky sugirió que el próximo encuentro podía tener lugar en Suiza o Turquía, países que ya han acogido rondas previas de diálogo.
La guerra en Oriente Medio también puede repercutir en las capacidades de defensa de Ucrania, que depende en gran medida de los suministros armamentísticos de Estados Unidos.
El responsable de Defensa de la Unión Europea, Andrius Kubilius, advirtió el viernes que Washington no tendrá capacidad para garantizar misiles para su ejército, para sus aliados en el Golfo impactados por los ataques de Teherán y para Ucrania.
Por ello, “se ha vuelto más urgente para nosotros, en Europa, aumentar la producción de sistemas de defensa aérea y de misiles balísticos”, insistió Kubilius.
(Con información de AFP)
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Arizona governor vetoes Charlie Kirk memorial license plate sparking GOP outrage: ‘This bill falls short’

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Democratic Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs is facing fierce backlash after vetoing a bill that would have created a specialty license plate honoring slain Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk — a move Republicans are blasting as a stunning act of partisanship in the wake of his assassination.
Kirk, who was assassinated while speaking at a Sept. 10 Turning Point USA event at Utah Valley University, lived in Arizona with his wife, Erika, and two children.
The proposed specialty plate, referred to as the «Charlie Kirk memorial» plate or the «Conservative grassroots network special plate,» featured an iconic photo of the late Kirk and the TPUSA logo, in front of an American flag background.
Underneath the license plate number, were the words «FOR CHARLIE.»
A custom Arizona license plate, featuring a Turning Point USA and Charlie Kirk design, shared by state Sen. Jake Hoffman. (Senator Jake Hoffman via X)
Of the $25 fee required for the plate, $17 would act as an annual donation deposited into the Conservative Grassroots Network Special Plate Fund, according to the legislation.
While the recipient of the Grassroots Network Special Plate Fund was not explicitly designated as TPUSA in the bill, it noted the director of the fund would allocate revenue annually to a nonprofit organization, founded in 2012, that focuses on restoring traditional values, maintaining a grassroots activist network on high school and college campuses in Arizona, and assisting college students with voter registration and absentee ballots.

People gather at a memorial to mourn Turning Point USA Founder Charlie Kirk outside Turning Point USA headquarters, Sept. 12, 2025, in Phoenix. (Charly Triballeau/AFP via Getty Images)
TPUSA, founded by Kirk in 2012, is well-known for its grassroots activist networks on high school and college campuses. It is headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona.
The $25 fee and annual $17 donation are consistent with the fees for the other 109 nonprofit license plates offered by the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT).
‘WE ARE NOT AFRAID’: ERIKA KIRK VOWS TPUSA WILL CONTINUE CAMPUS DEBATES NATIONWIDE
The state Senate passed the bill 16-2, with the House of Representatives voting 31-23 in favor, prior to Hobbs’ veto.
Specialty plates in Arizona are authorized by the legislature and sent to the governor to be signed into law. They have been offered since 1989.
In a letter explaining the veto, Hobbs cited concerns with the bill «bring[ing] people together,» claiming it would «insert politics into a function of government that should remain nonpartisan.»

Democratic Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs is facing fierce backlash after vetoing a bill that would have created a specialty license plate honoring slain Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk. ( Rebecca Noble/Getty Images)
ERIKA KIRK BATTLES FOR CAMERAS IN COURTROOM WHILE EXPANDING TPUSA CHAPTERS IN NEW STATE PARTNERSHIP
«Charlie Kirk’s assassination is tragic and a horrifying act of violence,» Hobbs wrote. «In America, we resolve our political differences at the ballot box. No matter who it targets, political violence puts us all in harm’s way and damages our sacred democratic institutions.»
«I will continue working toward solutions that bring people together, but this bill falls short of that standard,» she continued.
Specialty license plates with political interests already approved by the state include: the «Choose Life» Plate, which benefits the Arizona Life Coalition and its mission to promote anti-abortion advocacy and education; the «In God We Trust» Plate, which benefits conservative Christian legal advocacy group Alliance Defending Freedom; and the Arizona Realtors’ «Homes for All» Plate, which funds affordable housing projects.

Charlie Kirk, founder of Turning Point USA speaks during the Turning Point Action conference in 2023, in West Palm Beach, Fla. (Lynne Sladky/AP Photo)
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Another approved plate, «Alice Cooper’s Solid Rock Plate,» which benefits Solid Rock Teen Centers, features a portrait of the legendary musician, who has made political comments about social issues including gender identity.
Republican state Sen. Jake Hoffman, who sponsored the bill, posted a fiery statement on social media following the governor’s action, claiming her «grotesque partisanship knows no bounds.»
«Even in the wake of a global civil rights leader — an Arizona resident and her own constituent — being assassinated in broad daylight for his defense of the First Amendment, Hobbs couldn’t find the human decency to put her far-Left extremism aside simply to allow those how wish to honor him to do so,» Hoffman wrote. «Katie Hobbs will forever be known as a stain on the pages of Arizona’s story.»
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On Saturday, TPUSA COO Tyler Bowyer shared an X post that read, «Deport Katie Hobbs.»
TPUSA, Bowyer and Hobbs’ office did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s requests for comment.
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