US President Donald Trump's stated desire to have the country "opened up" by April 12 has sparked a mixture of criticism and some support from Wall Street.
US President Donald Trump has pledged to solve the nuclear issue on the peninsula and has alternated between applying "maximum pressure" on Pyongyang and threatening military actions.
US Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland revised his testimony in the House impeachment probe to acknowledge that US military aid to Ukraine was being withheld until the foreign ally promised to investigate corruption as Trump wanted.
US President Donald Trump gestures as he talks to the media on South Lawn of the White House in Washington, US, before his departure to Camp David, Dec 16, 2017. [Photo/Agencies]
US Fed Chairman Jerome Powell was quoted by the Associated Press, saying that the US central bank has heard about businesses holding off on hiring and spending in response to the trade conflict.
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said that Guaido as well as Maduro should step aside for a transitional government comprising members of both their parties that will arrange elections in six to 12 months.
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US Supreme Court Associate Justice Brett Kavanaugh looks at his daughter Liza as his wife Ashley and daughter Margaret and US President Donald Trump look on, during his ceremonial public swearing-in at the White House on Monday. JONATHAN ERNST/REUTERS
US space company SpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft undergoes acoustic testing in Florida. SPACEX/AP
US State Department said earlier on Monday that Stephen Biegun, US special representative for DPRK-related issues, will travel to Pyongyang later on Wednesday for meetings with his DPRK counterpart, Kim Hyok Chol, to lay the groundwork for the second Trump-Kim summit and to "advance further progress on the commitments the President and Chairman Kim made in Singapore: complete denuclearization, transforming US-DPRK relations, and building a lasting peace on the Korean Peninsula."
US markets were closed Friday in observance of Good Friday. Trading will resume Monday.