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Updated July 28, 2025, 10:16 AM EDT
What to cognize today
- TRUMP-STARMER MEETING: President Donald Trump and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer are gathering successful Turnberry, Scotland, this greeting to talk waste and acquisition and nan humanitarian crisis successful Gaza.
- CHINA TRADE TALKS: Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer, meanwhile, are meeting pinch Chinese officials in Stockholm coming for different information of waste and acquisition talks up of an Aug. 12 deadline for steep tariffs connected some U.S. and Chinese equipment to spell into effect.
- RUSSIA SANCTIONS: Trump told reporters he would trim his deadline for imposing secondary sanctions connected Russia if a ceasefire is not reached successful Ukraine to 10 aliases 12 days from today.
- U.S.-E.U. TRADE DEAL: Yesterday, Trump announced a trade woody pinch nan European Union that would group tariffs astatine 15% for U.S. imports of astir European goods. The U.S. and United Kingdom reached an statement connected tariffs successful May.
- SENATE RACES: Former North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper, a Democrat, and Rep. Mike Collins, a Republican from Georgia, person entered nan Senate races successful their states.
Nevada's Democratic lawyer wide launches run for governor
Nevada authorities Attorney General Aaron Ford announced a tally for politician today, challenging Republican incumbent Joe Lombardo — seen arsenic nan most susceptible Republican politician up for re-election adjacent year.
“The bottommost statement is, I deliberation nan Nevadans merit a politician who’s going to lick problems, not 1 who blocks progress,” Ford said successful an question and reply pinch NBC News.
He previewed a run connection built astir lowering costs, protecting consumers, nationalist information and defending reproductive and voting rights.
“When I’m governor, I’ll put successful beardown nationalist schools and creating bully paying jobs, including successful nan cleanable power and tech sectors, and I’ll activity to guarantee that each family tin spend to unrecorded and to thrive here, which is nan other what we spot Joe Lombardo doing,” Ford said.
Ford's entranceway to nan title sets up what could beryllium competitory primary. Washoe County Commission Chair Alexis Hill has said she is laying plans to run, too.
Trump’s large home argumentation rule is looming complete nan race, fixed its all-but-certain outsize effect connected nan state. In Nevada, astir 1 successful 3 Nevadans are connected Medicaid, according to data from nan state and KFF, a nonpartisan wellness argumentation investigation group. And nan casino-laden state’s system relies almost exclusively connected gaming and hospitality, areas pinch large taxation changes successful nan law.
Nevada Democrats person already sought to necktie Lombardo to nan law, though nan Republican has walked a good statement betwixt offering praise for definite aspects of nan megabill while pushing backmost against others.
“Trump’s measure is simply a betrayal and Joe Lombardo is each astir it,” Ford said.
The title successful nan cardinal battleground promises to beryllium 1 nan astir intimately watched gubernatorial contests successful 2026.
Lombardo, who won his 2022 predetermination complete Democrat Steve Sisolak by conscionable 1.5 percent points, is nan only Republican politician up for re-election adjacent twelvemonth whose title was rated by nan nonpartisan Cook Political Report arsenic a “toss-up.”
Trump says nary 1 has approached him astir pardoning Ghislaine Maxwell
Trump said during nan property readiness pinch Starmer that nary 1 has approached him astir pardoning convicted activity trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell, who was an accomplice to Jeffrey Epstein.
"I'm allowed to springiness her a pardon, but ... nobody's approached maine pinch it. Nobody's asked maine astir it," Trump told reporters erstwhile asked astir nan issue.
The president added that it would "inappropriate" to talk astir nan matter.
Trump to move up deadline for sanctions connected Russian to little than 2 weeks from today
Trump said he would springiness Russia little than 2 weeks to travel to an statement to extremity nan warfare successful Ukraine aliases beryllium deed pinch steep tariffs and secondary sanctions, which use to countries that bargain Russian exports.
"I'm going to make a new deadline of astir 10 aliases 12 days from today," Trump said, referring to his erstwhile deadline of 50 days.
"There's nary logic we’re waiting," he added.
Trump says 'we person to get nan kids fed' successful Gaza
Trump emphasized nan value of getting nutrient to children successful Gaza, discussing nan humanitarian business successful remarks to reporters alongside Starmer during their bilateral meeting.
"We person to thief connected a humanitarian ground earlier we do anything, we person to get nan kids fed," Trump said.
Trump said nan U.S. would thief group up nutrient centers and proviso funds.
Democrat Roy Cooper and Republican Mike Collins jump into N.C. and Georgia Senate races
Ben Kamisar and Bridget Bowman
Former Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper is jumping into nan unfastened North Carolina Senate race, a boon for Democrats who spot him arsenic their champion campaigner by acold fixed his demonstrated expertise to divided tickets and triumph successful nan red-leaning state.
NBC News previously reported he would denote his candidacy.
Meanwhile, Republican Rep. Mike Collins is joining nan crowded section of superior candidates successful Georgia, nan GOP’s champion opportunity to flip a Senate eat presently held by a Democrat.
The announcement videos they posted to societal media are beardown examples of really candidates successful some parties are positioning themselves successful nan toughest battlegrounds this cycle.
Cooper apt won’t look important title for his party’s superior nomination. His video is centered connected his individual story, bipartisan victories and wide strokes arguing Republicans are prioritizing nan rich | complete nan mediate class.
Collins, who faces a reliable GOP primary, is launching pinch a video straight aimed astatine nan GOP base, praising Trump and his policies but besides attacking Democrats connected a cardinal vulnerability — separator security.
Trump suggests he will shorten his deadline to enforce tariffs and sanctions connected Russia
Trump told reporters up of his bilateral pinch Starmer that he mightiness move up pinch terrible tariffs and secondary sanctions connected Russia earlier than a 50-day deadline he imposed successful mid-July for reaching a ceasefire statement pinch Ukraine.
“I’m going to trim that 50 days that I gave him to a lesser number because I deliberation I already cognize nan answer, what’s going to happen,” Trump said.
Trump repeated his vexation complete Russia's continued attacks connected Ukraine contempt efforts to extremity nan war, saying he was "very disappointed" successful Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Trump and Starmer to talk Gaza crisis
Trump told reporters aft greeting Starmer astatine his play nine successful Turnberry that nan 2 leaders would talk nan humanitarian situation successful Gaza and said he believed a ceasefire was still possible.
"The full spot is simply a mess," Trump said erstwhile asked if Israel has done capable to limit civilian deaths. "They person to get nutrient and information correct now," he added.
Trump meets pinch British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and his wife, Victoria Starmer, astatine Trump Turnberry today.Christopher Furlong / Getty ImagesThe president besides said Hamas won't merchandise nan remaining surviving hostages and suggested a different attack toward nan group mightiness beryllium needed, without elaborating.
"I ever said, erstwhile you get down to nan last 20 they won't merchandise them, because that's for illustration their shield," Trump said. "And truthful something's going to person to beryllium done."
Starmer was accompanied by his wife, Victoria Starmer, arsenic he arrived for nan talks. Trump and Starmer shook hands and chatted extracurricular earlier taking questions from reporters. Their speech couldn’t beryllium heard complete nan sound of bagpipes that serenaded nan premier curate connected his arrival.
Democratic governors hunt for a equilibrium betwixt fighting and moving pinch Trump
Reporting from Colorado Springs, Colorado
Linda McMahon and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. person mostly been skewered by Democrats for nan measurement they person tally Trump’s Education and Health departments.
But complete nan play astatine a bipartisan acme of governors successful Colorado Springs, they received a distinctly lukewarm invited — including from nan Democrats connected hand.
Read nan afloat communicative here.
U.S. and Chinese officials proceed waste and acquisition talks today
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer will clasp talks pinch Chinese officials coming successful Stockholm, Sweden.
The 2 sides person astir 2 weeks until an Aug. 12 deadline, erstwhile higher tariff rates would footwear in.
Greer said connected CNBC up of nan gathering that while he believed that nan U.S. was "in an unthinkable position," he did not "expect immoderate benignant of tremendous breakthrough today."
"What I expect is continued monitoring and checking successful connected nan implementation of our statement frankincense far," he added.
Greer besides said that nan management did not "feel a basal urgency for deals."
"We don't consciousness nether unit person much deals, I'll put it that way," he added.
In an MSNBC question and reply up of nan meeting, Greer besides said he could not yet opportunity whether location mightiness beryllium room to widen nan deadline, but noted that "the conversations are constructive, and they’re going successful nan correct direction."
Greer said nan U.S. comes into nan meetings "with a beardown hand" aft reaching waste and acquisition agreements pinch the European Union and Japan.
"We’ve had a batch of tensions complete nan years, we’ve had tensions now, but nan truth that we are regularly gathering pinch them to reside these issues, I deliberation that gives america a bully footing for these negotiations," Greer said of nan rounds of talks pinch China.
In May, nan countries came to an agreement to region steep tariff rates for 90 days aft nan 2 sides met successful Geneva.
White House waste and acquisition advisor Peter Navarro previously said the administration's extremity would to scope “90 deals successful 90 days,” but nan management has announced only a fistful of agreements truthful far.
Trump has referred to letters his management will beryllium sending to different nations mounting tariff rates arsenic efficaciously being waste and acquisition agreements.
Trump to meet pinch UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer to talk waste and acquisition issues
Megan Lebowitz and Caroline Kenny
Trump is gathering pinch United Kingdom Prime Minister Keir Starmer astatine nan president's golden nine successful Turnberry, Scotland, connected nan heels of an statement that nan United States and United Kingdom reached connected waste and acquisition issues successful May.
White House property caput Karoline Leavitt told reporters past week that Trump and Starmer "will beryllium discussing genuinely formalizing and finishing up that waste and acquisition deal."
Later, Trump and Starmer are expected to caput northbound to Aberdeen, Scotland and person meal together.
Trump reaches statement pinch E.U. to enforce 15% tariff, pinch exceptions for cardinal industries
Trump announced a waste and acquisition statement pinch nan European Union yesterday that would group tariffs astatine 15%, ending what had been months of uncertainty surrounding waste and acquisition pinch nan United States’ largest waste and acquisition partner.
The tariff complaint is simply a simplification from nan 30% that Trump threatened on July 12 and nan 20% he said he would impose on April 2.
Read nan afloat communicative here.
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