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1. What Trump and Xi are looking to get out of this week's summit in Beijing

   

   As U.S. President Donald Trump travels to Beijing to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping, the expectations around the highly anticipated summit between the leaders of the world’s two largest economies are being tempered by the war against Iran, and as China appears to hold some key leverage.

2. U.S. indicts 2 companies, ship employee for deadly 2024 Baltimore bridge collapse

   

   The U.S. Justice Department said on Tuesday a grand jury indicted two foreign operators and a shoreside superintendent in the March 2024 collision of the 984-foot cargo ‌ship Dali that destroyed Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge and killed six construction workers.

3. British PM Starmer tells cabinet meeting he intends to remain leader despite calls to resign

   

   British Prime Minister Keir Starmer defied calls to resign on Tuesday, telling ministers he would "get on with governing" despite a "destabilizing" 48 hours of growing calls to set out ​a timetable for his departure after an election drubbing.

4. Trump's plan to drop gas tax may leave U.S. drivers feeling empty

   

5. Trump administration asks trade court to pause ruling on global tariffs