It was Xi’s first visit to Washington in more than a decade and an exercise in pomp and politesse that masked the great divides between the two nations.

Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) in a post on X on Wednesday declared: “I say this with the pale gravity it deserves, but we lose North Carolina Senate seat, for SURE.” The North Carolina race pits former Republican National Committee chair Michael Whatley against Democratic former Gov. Roy Cooper.

US Senator John Curtis’s letter marks a rare effort by a member of the president’s own party to hold him accountable.

In a letter, John Curtis of Utah called for the Senate Judiciary Committee to subpoena the sons of President Trump and former President Joseph R. Biden Jr.