President Donald Trump says his first conversation with Chinese leader Xi Jinping since returning to the White House had a “very positive conclusion," announcing the two countries will hold trade talks in hopes of breaking an impasse over tariffs and global supplies of rare earth minerals.

Comedian Jon Stewart said President Trump and billionaire Elon Musk are in a “pretend fight” in a podcast dropped hours before the two former allies took extraordinary public shots at each other. Trump and Musk were benefiting from each other in a big way before their fiery and public falling out that came to a…

China dominates the global supply of rare earth elements, which are used by the US defense industry to manufacture advanced weapons and defense systems like radar systems, fighter jet engines, etc.