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Xi at the White House: what was actually agreed, what was announced by one side, and what was only said

A military review, a state dinner with the AI industry's biggest names, two pandas and a 90-minute Oval Office meeting with no readout. Here is the day sorted into three columns: agreed, announced, and merely discussed.

Analysis

'A privilege, not a right': what the court papers in the White House press ban actually say

A federal judge ordered the White House to give CNN, MS NOW and Politico their passes back early on Thursday. We read the complaint, the government's defence, the letter that tried to justify the ban and the ruling itself, and attached all four below.