Highlights of the day for U. S. President Donald Trump's administration on Thursday: AFGHANISTAN The United States drops a massive GBU-43 bomb, also known as the "mother of all bombs," in eastern Afghanistan against a series of caves used by Islamic State militants, the military says.
Highlights of the day for U.S. President Donald Trump's administration on Thursday: AFGHANISTAN The United States drops a massive GBU-43 bomb, also known as the "mother of all bombs," in eastern Afghanistan against a series of caves used by Islamic State militants, the military says. NORTH KOREA Military force cannot resolve tension over North Korea, China says, while an influential Chinese newspaper urges the North to halt its nuclear program in exchange for Chinese protection. Despite sending a naval force to the Korean peninsula, the Trump administration is focusing its North Korea strategy on tougher economic sanctions, possibly including an oil embargo, intercepting cargo ships and punishing Chinese banks doing business with Pyongyang, U.S. officials say. CHINA China's 2017 export outlook brightens considerably as it reports forecast-beating trade growth in March and as Trump softens his anti-China rhetoric in an abrupt policy shift. Trump may have decided not to declare China a currency manipulator, an acceptance of the difficulty of making such a charge stick, but that does not mean Beijing is off the hook. RUSSIA Trump says "things will work out fine" between the United States and Russia, a day after he said U.S.-Russian relations may be at an all-time low. FOREIGN POLICY After less than three months in office, Trump has abruptly shifted his stance on an array of foreign policy issues from the U.S. relationship with Russia and China to the value of the NATO alliance. TRADE WITH JAPAN The United States is pushing for trade to be a key issue in top-level economic talks with Japan, a person involved in the talks tells Reuters, an unwelcome development for Tokyo, which is seeking to fend off U.S. pressure to reduce the bilateral trade imbalance. IMMIGRATION Trump's administration has focused on one group of illegal immigrants more than others: women with children, according to eight Department of Homeland Security officials interviewed by Reuters about agency planning that has not been previously reported. POLAND VISIT Poland hopes to host Trump for a short visit in July, and its foreign minister will discuss the plan during a Washington visit next week, Polish government sources tell Reuters. STATE DEPARTMENT The State Department will maintain a hiring freeze imposed shortly after Trump took office, even though it was lifted for the rest of the federal government, according to a memo seen by Reuters and a notice to staff.
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