What to Know

• President Donald Trump said today that his administration is "actively" engaging with China on tariffs, while a spokesman for China's foreign ministry said Beijing is open to talks, but the U.S. "should stop threatening and blackmailing China."
• High-level talks aimed at bringing a pause to fighting in Ukraine disintegrated after Secretary of State Marco Rubio and special envoy Steve Witkoff pulled out of the meeting. Trump blamed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for the talks stalling.
• A dozen states sued the administration over Trump's tariffs on foreign imports.
• Vice President JD Vance affirmed his support for Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in the wake of his second Signal messaging scandal.
• In an NBC News interview, Harvard University President Alan Garber said the school would not compromise despite the Trump administration's threat to freeze more than $2 billion in funding.