Trump news at a glance: president hails US-EU trade deal as House speaker weighs in on Epstein controversy

Trump says tariff deal solves a lot of stuff', while Mike Johnson expresses concern over any pardon for Epstein accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell - key US politics stories from Sunday 27 July

Donald Trump has hailed what he called a powerful deal" on tariffs with the European Union to avert a damaging transatlantic trade war after months of tough negotiations between the two sides.

It solves a lot of stuff and was a great decision," the US president said of the agreement after meeting the European Commission chief, Ursula von der Leyen, in Scotland. The important" partnership involved the EU agreeing to spend tens of billions of dollars more on US energy products, Trump said.