Trump says he just struck ‘largest trade deal’ with Japan – as it happened

US president makes announcement to congressional Republicans on Tuesday, without divulging more details. This blog is now closed.

House Republicans are busy during this press conference so far touting the Trump administration's so-called successes on immigration and the sweeping tax and spending megabill, but they're very much glossing over the fact that they have lost control of the floor over their Jeffrey Epstein blow-up, and they're struggling to chart a path out of the crisis", per Politico.

GOP leaders are talking with Trump administration officials, searching for ways to appease Republican members incensed over the lack of public information and speaker Mike Johnson's handling of the matter broadly."