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.
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.
-ABC News' Laura Romero
May 07, 2025, 3:51 PM EDT
Trump expected to withdraw surgeon general pick: Sources
The White House is expected to pull its nomination of Dr. Janette Nesheiwat as U.S. surgeon general just one day before she was expected to appear before the Senate for her confirmation hearing, sources told ABC News.
When announcing his intent to nominate Nesheiwat to the post back in November, Trump touted Dr. Nesheiwat, a former Fox News contributor, for working on the front lines in New York City during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The news comes as far-right activist Laura Loomer called on the president to pick a new nominee following the controversy that Nesheiwat received her medical degree from American University of the Caribbean instead of University of Arkansas. Loomer also criticized Nesheiwat for being pro-vaccine.
-ABC News' Katherine Faulders and Kelsey Walsh
May 07, 2025, 3:48 PM EDT
Shouting match erupts as Dems try to adjourn DOGE hearing on transgender athletes
Democrats and Republicans engaged in multiple screaming matches during Wednesday's DOGE subcommittee hearing on transgender women in sports.
Ranking Member and Democratic Rep. Melanie Stansbury made a motion to adjourn the hearing, arguing it didn't fall under DOGE's jurisdiction.
"I want to make clear that this hearing is actually not about oversight or DOGE, but about spreading hate and using trans lives to distract from the real issues that Americans are facing, from attacks on our economy to attacks on our democracy to attacks on our communities," she said.
Stephanie Turner, a U.S. fencer who refused to compete against a transgender opponent, and former high school volleyball player Payton McNabb pray with a supporter before the start of a House Oversight DOGE Subcommittee in Washington, May 7, 2025.
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Stansbury's motion failed.
"This hearing is directly under our jurisdiction," Chairwoman and Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene said as she attempted to continue the hearing before arguing with Stansbury.
Republicans called on athletes -- including fencer Stephanie Turner -- who have criticized transgender athletes in competitions.
USA Fencing Board Chairman Damien Lehfeldt was subpoenaed by the Committee and defended actions by his organization.
"USA fencing has long sponsored mixed gender competition, where men and women compete against each other. Those bouts show that mixed gender competition in fencing, at least, does not pose any significant safety risks above and beyond single gender fencing competition. The same is true for fencing involving transgender participation."
Democrats brought on National Women's Law Center CEO Fatima Goss Graves, who talked about how bans on transgender athletes hurt all women.
"It could not be more clear to me, anti-trans bans, they hurt all women. They're wrong. We won't let them be enacted in the name of protecting women, because they don't protect women, they harm us all, and it's discrimination, period," she said.
-ABC News' Lalee Ibssa
May 07, 2025, 3:27 PM EDT
White House discussed possibility of deporting migrants to Libya: Officials
The White House has discussed the possibility of sending a group of migrants to Libya via a U.S. military plane as soon as this week, U.S. officials familiar with matter told ABC News.
Trump was asked today if the United States will be sending migrants to Libya and told reporters: "I don't know, you'll have to ask Homeland Security."
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem was asked this morning, prior to Trump's comments, about the prospect of deporting migrants to Libya and said, "I can't confirm anything."
President Donald Trump speaks during a swearing-in ceremony for new U.S. Ambassador to China David Perdue, as Secretary of State Marco Rubio, looks on in the Oval Office at the White House on May 07, 2025 in Washington, DC.
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Attorneys representing migrants in a case centering on deportations to third countries have filed an emergency motion for a temporary restraining order in federal court in Boston regarding the reports of potential removals to Libya.
The Pentagon has referred all questions on the potential plans to the White House. ABC News has reached out to DHS following Trump's comments, but has not yet received a response.
Libya's Government of National Unity has denied any connection to the rumors surrounding the deportation of migrants to Libya, saying in a statement that "the Government affirms that it rejects the use of Libyan territory as a destination for the deportation of migrants without its knowledge or consent."
-ABC News' Katherine Faulders, Luke Barr and James Hill
