Franco Ordonez

Mondani had described himself as Donald Trump's worst nightmare.

But on Friday, they were both full of smiles and promises to partner together on lowering the cost of housing and groceries for New Yorkers.

Both have a mutual interest in playing nice.

Mondani wants to protect federal funding for New York City.

And Trump is looking to get in on Mondani's affordability message.

Franco Ordonez, NPR News, the White House.

For Trump, he's been struggling in the polls, especially on the economy, and he's been trying to get in on Mondani's affordability message, which he ran so successfully.

Now, Trump won last year on a similar economic message, but he's now been struggling, especially with inflation.

So you could make the argument that Trump's kind of trying to ride Mondani's coattails here on this issue.

President Trump and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman are expected to discuss the fighter jets as well as security and efforts to normalize relations with Israel.

Experts say the sale of F-35s would change the military balance in the region while raising questions about Washington's long-held position of maintaining Israel's, quote, qualitative military edge, which was signed into a 2008 law.

Franco Ordonez, NPR News, the White House.

President Trump and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman are expected to discuss the fighter jets as well as security and efforts to normalize relations with Israel.

Experts say the sale of F-35s would change the military balance in the region while raising questions about Washington's long-held position of maintaining Israel's, quote, qualitative military edge, which was signed into a 2008 law.

Franco Ordonez, NPR News, the White House.

President Trump and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman are expected to discuss the fighter jets as well as security and efforts to normalize relations with Israel.

Experts say the sale of F-35s would change the military balance in the region while raising questions about Washington's long-held position of maintaining Israel's, quote, qualitative military edge, which was signed into a 2008 law.

Franco Ordonez, NPR News, the White House.

President Trump says the case has turned into a distraction from his administration's work.

Trump and Epstein were friends until they had a falling out several years before Epstein's first conviction.