Trump news at a glance: US and Ukraine sign long-awaited minerals deal; Noem doubles down on deportation threat

Accord establishes joint investment fund for Ukraine’s reconstruction; homeland security secretary issues fresh threat to Salvadorian Kilmar Ábrego García – key US politics stories from Wednesday 30 April

Ukraine and the US have signed a deal pushed by President Donald Trump that will give the US preferential access to Ukrainian mineral resources and fund investment in Ukraine’s reconstruction.

The accord establishes a joint investment fund for Ukraine’s reconstruction as Trump tries to secure a peace settlement in Russia’s three-year-old war in Ukraine.

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