Trump Hosts Jordan’s King for Gaza Plan Talks; House Holds Hearing on Beijing’s Port Investments in Western Hemisphere

President Donald Trump is hosting Jordan’s King Abdullah II at the White House on Tuesday as he escalates pressure on the Arab nation to take in refugees from Gaza as part of his plan to remake the Middle East.
The House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Transportation and Maritime Security is holding a hearing to examine the Chinese Communist Party’s strategic port investments in the Western Hemisphere and how these investments impact America’s domestic security.
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell is beginning two days of hearings on Capitol Hill with the economy close to full employment, inflation expected to ease, and intense uncertainty about how all that will hold up under the Trump administration’s trade and other policies….