Trump administration poised to accept ‘palace in the sky’ as a gift for Trump from Qatar: Sources  —  The luxury jumbo jet is to be used as Air Force One, sources told ABC News.  —  In what may be the most valuable gift ever extended to the United States from a foreign government …

U.S. officials say ‘substantial progress’ made in China trade talks  —  The White House said it was announcing a trade deal without providing any details.  Representatives from the U.S. and China had been meeting in Switzerland.  —  Bessent: ‘Substantial progress’ in US-China trade talks

Flights Could Be Disrupted Across U.S., Transportation Secretary Warns  —  After a series of problems at Newark Liberty International Airport, the secretary, Sean Duffy, said he would meet with airline leaders on Wednesday to plan to scale back Newark flights.

How Tariffs Are Crushing Small Businesses: ‘Nobody in Power Seems to Care’  —  Owners are laying off staff and tapping personal savings, hoping to hold out until a trade deal with China; an $8,752 fee on a $5,649 order  —  The owner of a San Francisco card-game company cashed in his money-market funds.

Trump Says He Will Sign Executive Order Aimed at Lowering Drug Prices  —  President wants to tie drug prices U.S. pays to those paid by other countries  —  WASHINGTON—President Trump on Sunday said he would sign an executive order aimed at lowering the cost of prescription drugs …

Dem Crypto Ally Defends Fundraiser With Trump Crypto Donor  —  Democrats have gotten too “pure,” Arizona Sen. Ruben Gallego argued at a Pennsylvania town hall to explain his ties to crypto investor Marc Andreessen  —  Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.) traveled to Pennsylvania for a town hall …

Proposal Cutting Medicaid Aims for GOP Middle Ground  —  House bill is set to include work requirements but not deeper reductions some fiscal hawks demanded  —  WASHINGTON—House Republicans are releasing their plan to cut Medicaid spending, with the program's defenders in the GOP appearing …

Barrasso: 'I don't believe' suggested habeas corpus suspension will ‘come to Congress’  —  Senate Majority Whip John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) said he doesn't believe that the White House's suggested habeas corpus suspension will reach Congress.  —  During an appearance on NBC's “Meet The Press” …

White South Africans Granted Refugee Status by Trump Leave for U.S.  —  Dozens of Afrikaners who claim discrimination in their home country left Johannesburg on Sunday.  Their departure for the U.S. came as the Trump administration was halting virtually all refugee admissions.

Pope Leo XIV calls for peace in Ukraine and Gaza in symbolically rich blessing on Mother's Day  —  Pope Leo XIV called for a genuine and just peace in Ukraine and an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, in his first Sunday noon blessing as pontiff that featured some symbolic gestures suggesting a message of unity in a polarized Catholic Church.

In Mideast, Trump plans to focus on business deals, not geopolitics  —  The trip is expected to focus primarily on cementing trade ties.  On the heels of Trump Organization business deals in the region, it also showcases the blurring of Trump's private business ventures with foreign policy.

Elon Musk's regulatory troubles have begun to melt away in Trump's second term  —  The Trump administration has halted some regulatory matters involving Musk's companies and fired people from agencies investigating Tesla, SpaceX and Neuralink.  —  Tech billionaire Elon Musk's regulatory problems have started to fade into the past.

Zelenskyy agrees to meet Putin after Trump post; unclear if Russian president will join  —  “I will be waiting for Putin in Türkiye on Thursday,” Zelenskyy wrote on X.  —  KYIV − Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he would agree to meet Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin …

A Republican push to sell public lands in the West is reigniting a political fight  —  Congressional Republicans say their plan to sell potentially hundreds of thousands of acres of federal land will generate revenue and ease growth pressures in booming Western cities.

Fake pizza orders sent to judges seen as threat to judicial safety  —  Amid legal challenges to the Trump administration, judges in at least seven states say they have received anonymous pizza deliveries seen as threats.  —  Federal judges say unsolicited pizza deliveries to jurists' homes …