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HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — North Korea's state media says the second summit between leader Kim Jong Un and U.S. President Donald Trump helped deepen "mutual respect and trust" between the countries as they work toward resolving the nuclear standoff and improving relations. Earlier Friday, senior North Korean officials disputed Trump's account of why his summit with Kim collapsed, saying the North didn't call for a full removal of sanctions but demanded partial relief in exchange for shuttering its main nuclear complex.
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean President Moon Jae-in says his government plans to discuss with the United States the possibility of restarting joint inter-Korean economic projects to induce nuclear disarmament from North Korea. His comments in a speech came a day after nuclear talks between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un collapsed in a setback for Moon. Still he promised to push ahead with economic projects, saying "I vow to help usher in an era of a peace-driven economy."
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff says Felix Sater will appear at a public hearing March 14 to testify about President Donald Trump's effort to build a skyscraper in Russia. Sater, a Russia-born executive who had worked for the Trump Organization, is a figure in probes into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. He's an associate of Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump's former lawyer, who testified in private before Schiff's panel Thursday.
UNDATED (AP) — The "black friend defense" played out before a national TV audience during this week's congressional testimony of Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump's former lawyer. Republican Rep. Mark Meadows of North Carolina pointed to Lynne Patton, a black Trump administration staffer, as proof Trump is not racist. Social media quickly went into a frenzy over the interaction. Many consider saying a person can't be racist because of the color of the company he keeps to be a tired, hollow argument.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate opponents of President Donald Trump's declaration of a national emergency at the Mexican border are within a hair of having enough votes to prevail. And one Republican is suggesting Trump could face a defeat in the GOP-led chamber if he doesn't change course. Veteran Sen. Lamar Alexander says Trump's move would "turn a border crisis into a constitutional crisis." He says if Trump backs away from the emergency, it "would change the voting situation."
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