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Live updates: Trump to deliver AI remarks; Obama blasts president over 'treason' accusations

Live updates: Trump to deliver AI remarks; Obama blasts president over 'treason' accusations

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The U.S. and China will resume trade talks next week, the treasury secretary said. President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House on Monday. Yuri Gripas / Abaca / Bloomberg via Getty Images Updated July 23, 2025, 8:17 AM EDT
Any country "who doesn't have a deal by Aug. 1 will go back to the April 2 tariff level, but that doesn't mean we can't keep negotiating," Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said this morning on MSNBC.
Asked specifically about a deal with China, which Trump has set a later deadline of Aug. 12 to resolve, Bessent said "we have a series of deals with China" on rare earth minerals. However, a full-fledged trade deal with China remains elusive.
Rare earth minerals are critical for the manufacture of everything from electric vehicles to smartphones.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said in an interview on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" that Trump has no plans to fire Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell.
Trump has attacked Powell at an unrelenting pace for months. As recently as last night, Trump said Powell was "terrible, terrible" and told lawmakers gathered at the White House for a reception that Powell was "either evil or stupid."
Asked if Trump's pressure campaign against Powell is fair, Bessent said "I think everyone's used to that. Chair Powell's been around a long time."
Rep. Mike Lawler, R-N.Y., is skipping a bid for governor and will instead run for re-election after Trump urged him to do just that, which clears the field for one of Lawler's House colleagues if she chooses to run.
Lawler made his announcement this morning in an interview with The New York Times and an appearance on Fox News, noting that "keeping the House majority is critical" and that his seat has been "determinative of control of the House" during recent elections.
"I'm proud to run for re-election on my record and win next November and keep the House Republican majority," he said.
Lawler been openly considering a gubernatorial bid for some time, but Trump endorsed him for re-election before Lawler publicly made up his mind. Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., a Trump ally who had been tapped as his United Nations ambassador before that nomination was pulled amid concerns about the slim GOP majority in the House, is also weighing her own gubernatorial bid.
Lawler's decision helps House Republicans who are defending a narrow majority next year, as they'll be able to rally behind the incumbent in a difficult district that then-Vice President Kamala Harris narrowly won in 2024. Stefanik responded to Lawler's decision by saying she'd announce her plans after the fall elections.
Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul is running for re-election and faces a primary challenge from her lieutenant governor, Antonio Delgado.
Trump will deliver remarks this afternoon at an artificial intelligence summit in Washington, D.C., where he also is expected to sign executive orders, according to the White House.
Members of his administration and tech industry leaders are expected to attend the half-day event, which is being hosted by the All‑In podcast and the Hill & Valley Forum, according to a news release from the group.
The U.S. and China will resume trade talks in Sweden on Monday and Tuesday, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said, adding that the Aug. 12 deadline for negotiating a deal is likely to be extended.
'I think trade is in a very good place with China,' Bessent, who will lead the U.S. delegation in Stockholm along with Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer, said yesterday on Fox Business.
Sweden and China also confirmed the talks, which will continue to be led on the Chinese side by Vice Premier He Lifeng.
Though there were few deliverables from previous rounds of talks in Geneva and London, China has eased export controls on strategically vital rare earth minerals and magnets, while the U.S. has lifted export controls on design software for semiconductor chips and allowed U.S. companies Nvidia and AMD to resume Chinese sales of advanced chips for use in developing artificial intelligence.
Trump's sweeping tax cut and spending law known as the 'big beautiful bill' is expected to be a major issue in the 2026 midterm elections. But first, candidates for governor this year in Virginia and New Jersey are already testing how the measure plays on the campaign trail.
Rep. Mikie Sherrill and former Rep. Abigail Spanberger, the Democratic nominees in New Jersey and Virginia, respectively, have warned about devastating impacts from looming cuts to social safety net programs such as Medicaid and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
Republicans are taking mixed approaches. In New Jersey, a high-tax state where affordability is a top issue, former Assemblyman Jack Ciattarelli and his allies are planning to go on offense, arguing that Sherrill voted to block critical tax cuts.
Read the full story here.
Former President Barack Obama's office issued a rare rebuke of Trump yesterday after the president accused his predecessor of having committed 'treason' and rigging the 2016 and 2020 elections.
'Out of respect for the office of the presidency, our office does not normally dignify the constant nonsense and misinformation flowing out of this White House with a response,' Obama spokesperson Patrick Rodenbush said. 'But these claims are outrageous enough to merit one. These bizarre allegations are ridiculous and a weak attempt at distraction.'
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