Secretary Pompeo: ‘Real Progress’ Being Made Toward Trump-Kim Summit

“Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Thursday that the United States and North Korea have made ‘real progress’ in the last three days toward setting the conditions that would allow President Trump and leader Kim Jong Un’s summit to move forward,” The Hill reports. “Pompeo said he’s been ‘very clear’ about the U.S. objective of denuclearization in exchange for a ‘brighter path’ for North Korea,” Rebecca Kheel writes.

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Reuters reports that U.S. consumer spending is accelerating, signaling a strong job market, according to the Department of Commerce. “U.S. consumer spending posted its biggest gain in five months in April, a further sign that economic growth was regaining momentum early in the second quarter,” Lucia Mutikani writes.

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In The Wall Street Journal, James Freeman reports that “the number of small companies raising wages hit a record high in the U.S. this month,” according to a new National Federation of Independent Business employment survey. Freeman adds that “35% of owners of small firms report increasing labor compensation, the highest percentage since NFIB started asking about it in 1986.”

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“President Donald J. Trump has had a great 2018 but you would not know it if you listened to cable talking heads,” Corey Lewandowski writes in The Hill. “President Donald Trump is leading America to a more peaceful world and a prosperous America with his ‘America First’ policies.”

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In The Washington Post, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley writes that “American taxpayers have invested more than $11 billion [in South Sudan] since its independence. But we have lost patience with the status quo. We must change course if we are to save a generation of South Sudanese and give them hope for a better future.”