Tipsheet: US, China agree to restart trade talks after Trump, Xi meeting

View in your browser     US, China agree to restart trade talks after Trump, Xi meeting BY MARY TYLER MARCH President Trump agreed to restart trade negotiations with China on Saturday after meeting with the country's leader, Xi Jinping, during a Group of 20 summit in Japan. Trump said during a news conference Saturday afternoon that he would scale back restrictions on Chinese telecom giant Huawei and delay slapping new tariffs on Chinese goods as talks resume between the two countries. Read the full story here     The Memo: Debates reshape Democratic race BY NIALL STANAGE The 2020 Democratic presidential race has burst wide open after two debates in Miami this week. Joe Biden, who has until now been the unarguable front-runner, has been badly weakened. Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) has reinvigorated a campaign that was at risk of becoming stagnant. And Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) accelerated her momentum with a dominant performance. Read the full story here     Trump offers to meet North Korea's Kim Jong Un in DMZ BY JORDAN FABIAN AND SAAGAR ENJETI President Trump on Friday said he would be willing to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) between North and South Korea after the Group of 20 (G-20) summit that's taking place this weekend in Japan. “I’m gonna be there for a day. I understand that’s one of the places I’ll be visiting,” Trump said during an exclusive interview with The Hill earlier this week. Read the full story here     Judge blocks Trump from using billions in military funds for border wall BY JACQUELINE THOMSEN A federal judge on Friday issued a ruling blocking the Trump administration from tapping billions of dollars in military funds to construct a wall on the United States's southern border. Read the full story here       Trump praises Saudi crown prince, declines to say whether he'll bring up Khashoggi BY BRETT SAMUELS President Trump on Friday praised Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman as “a friend of mine,” despite concerns about the young leader among U.S. lawmakers and international officials. Read the full story here     Trump, Putin share a 'cheers' at G-20 dinner BY JESSE BYRNES President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin shared a "cheers" as the pair gathered with other world leaders at the Group of 20 (G-20) summit in Japan. Trump and Putin were photographed holding cups at dinner, with Trump at one point taking his glass and reaching to clink it with Putin's. Read the full story here     Fox News's Shep Smith calls out Trump joking with Putin: Russian treatment of journalists 'not exactly the same' BY JESSICA CAMPISI Fox News host Shepard Smith on Friday called out President Trump after he shared a joke with Russian President Vladimir Putin in which they expressed their frustration with journalists. Read the full story here     Jimmy Carter: Trump only won in 2016 because of Russian meddling BY MORGAN CHALFANT Former President Jimmy Carter said Friday that he believes President Trump only won the 2016 election because Russia interfered to help him defeat Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton. Read the full story here     Supreme Court rejects bid to restore Alabama abortion law BY JACQUELINE THOMSEN  The Supreme Court on Friday declined to hear a case on a 2015 Alabama abortion law that bans a common form of the procedure during the second trimester of pregnancy. Read the full story here     Senators unveil bipartisan bill to target 'deepfake' video threat BY MAGGIE MILLER A bipartisan group of senators introduced legislation Friday to assess and cut down on the threat posed by “deepfake” videos, which are created through the use of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies to manipulate original videos. Read the full story here     Debate showed Biden-Harris is just what Democrats need in 2020 — and especially beyond BY BILL SCHNEIDER Opinion | The big winner in the two-night first round of the Democratic primary debates? Sen. Kamala Harris of California. She became the voice of the new Democratic Party – female, nonwhite, articulate, fearless and progressive. Read the full story here     Harris bloodied Biden, but he's not out; Warren and Buttigieg on the rise BY ALBERT HUNT Opinion | The conventional wisdom for once is right: Kamala Harris had her breakout moments in the Democratic presidential debate Thursday night, and Joe Biden reinforced fears the times may have passed him by. Read the full story here     The Washington Post: ‘A betrayal’: Inside the bitter rift between Pelosi and Schumer over border bill BY MIKE DEBONIS AND RACHAEL BADE House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told her colleagues in a private meeting Thursday that she thought she had a deal this week with her longtime ally, Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer: She would ensure passage of a more liberal border funding bill in the House, and he would back her up by persuading Democratic senators to fight for it. Instead, Pelosi (D-Calif.) said, she was blindsided.  Read the full story here     The New York Times: ‘I Didn’t Want Them to Go’: Salvadoran Family Grieves for Father and Daughter Who Drowned BY KIRK SEMPLE Rosa Ramírez pleaded with her son, urging him not to leave El Salvador and head north with his wife and young daughter. The risks were simply too high. He saw no other choice.  Read the full story here     The Associated Press: Female candidates challenge electability question in debates BY JOCELYN NOVECK AND JUANA SUMMERS For months, the names of white men have sat at the top of early Democratic presidential primary polls. On the debate stage this week, the half-dozen women in the field offered up an alternative: themselves. Read the full story here     Reuters: Why the armed forces still stand by Venezuela’s beleaguered president BY BRIAN ELLSWORTH AND MAYELA ARMAS One of the central mysteries of Venezuela’s slow-motion collapse: Why does the military continue to support Nicolás Maduro, the president who has led the once-prosperous South American country into poverty and chaos? The answer, according to people familiar with Venezuela’s military structure, starts with Maduro’s late predecessor, Hugo Chávez Read the full story here     Bloomberg: Trump's Plan to Start Building Wall Monday Crumbles in Court BY KARTIKAY MEHROTRA President Donald Trump was ready to break ground Monday morning on his long-promised Mexico border wall. But a court ruling late Friday dealt the president another setback.  Read the full story here   Did a friend forward you this email? 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