Trump spoke publicly of progress on a range of issues in his first U.S.-China summit – as did several of his top aides.

Trump spoke publicly of progress on a range of issues in his first U.S.-China summit.

U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping sat down together to dine on pan-seared Dover sole and New York strip steak on Thursday, spending some social time before digging into thorny bilateral security and trade issues.

U.S President Donald Trump said on Thursday he ordered missile strikes against a Syrian airfield from which a deadly chemical weapons attack was launched, declaring he acted in America's "national security interest" against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

U.S. Secretary of States Tillerson remarks on the eve of the Xi-Trump meeting in Florida

Issues stoking US-China tensions to figure high on agenda as leaders meet for first time

Xi and Trump will set the tone for the future development of bilateral relations.

The United States and South Korea agreed on Thursday to proceed with the deployment of an advanced U.S. missile defense system that has angered China, a day after North Korea's latest test launch drew condemnation across the volatile region.

A China pledge to invest in US infrastructure would give leaders rare chance to agree.

U.S. President Donald Trump will discuss how to rein in North Korea's nuclear program with Chinese President Xi Jinping later this week in what a senior White House official said on Tuesday would be a test for the U.S.-Chinese relationship.