Why it matters: The news follows speculation over whether Trump would attend the April 26 event after he broke with tradition and didn't attend any of the dinners during his first term.
Very soon, 40 million Official Trump meme coins will be unlocked, and they are very likely to be sold into the market as quickly as possible — which is bad news for anyone who buys.
Why it matters: The launch of the meme coin on the Friday before Inauguration Day caused a groundswell of retail enthusiasm, but one that really only benefited savvy traders and cost many other early buyers a collective $2 billion.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky invited President Trump to Ukraine during a "60 Minutes" interview broadcast Sunday in which he addressed his fiery White House meeting in February.
The big picture: Zelensky said through an interpreter there had not only been "a shift in tone" in the U.S., but also "a shift in reality" as he suggested Russian leader Vladimir Putin's narrative had cut through to the Trump administration, and he singled out Vice President JD Vance.
Singer Katy Perry, CBS anchor Gayle King and other well-known women set off to space on Monday morning in Blue Origin's 11th human spaceflight mission.
Why it matters: This is the first all-woman space crew in U.S. history.
Stocks, Treasury bonds, and the dollar are all trading at levels seen in the waning months of the Biden administration, when they caused almost no panic or hand-wringing.
Why it matters: Optimists will say this means nothing very serious is happening. Pessimists will say it just means that all three markets have much further to fall.
Chinese leader Xi Jinping said nations need to "safeguard the multilateral trading system, stable global industrial and supply chains, and open and cooperative international environment" in an article published in China and Vietnam on Monday.
Why it matters: Xi is trying to portray China as a "responsible superpower in the way that contrasts with the way the U.S." under President Trump "presents to the whole world," said Nguyen Khac Giang, a visiting fellow at Singapore's ISEAS–Yusof Ishak Institute, to AP.
Peruvian novelistand Nobel literature laureate Mario Vargas Llosa, a former leftist writer who turned to more conservative causes and once ran for president in Peru, has died. He was 89.
The big picture: Vargas Llosa is the last major surviving member of Latin America's 20th Century literary Boom generation — writers who mostly used magical realism to critique society and often wrote from exile.
President Trump said Sunday he'll announce tariffs on semiconductor chips "over the next week," though he indicated he could offer flexibility to some companies.
Why it matters: The White House indicated on Friday that smartphones and computers would be exempted from the 125% import levies Trump imposed on China, where Apple assembles most of its iPhones.
New York Helicopter Tours, the company involved in the Hudson River crash that killed six people, "is shutting down their operations immediately," the Federal Aviation Administration said Sunday.
The big picture: The National Transportation Safety Board is leading investigations into the helicopter crash that killed a Siemens executive, his wife, their three children and their pilot on Thursday.
