US Vice President JD Vance will lead a delegation to Vatican City to attend the inaugural Mass of Pope Leo XIV, the first US-born pope, on May 18, White House said in a statement.
He said he would implement a "most favoured nation's policy," whereby the US would pay the same price as the nation that pays the lowest price anywhere in the world.
US White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt while speaking on US efforts to mediate on the conflict between India and Pakistan said that the US intends to de-escalate the tensions between both the countries.
The administration has initiated an investigation into universities for violating the law by using racial quotas, which the Supreme Court had ruled "illegal", said White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller.
On the occasion of the completion of the 100th day of the Trump administration, Miller stressed that the US will not allow China to steal American intellectual property, illegally dump and subsidise goods in the US market, manipulate its currency, or rack up an unsustainable trade deficit.
The Chinese government has said that "substantial evidence" suggested that COVID might have emerged from the US earlier than the outbreak in China, while insisting the lab leak theory was "extremely unlikely" in a white paper.
Expressing his sorrow for the lives lost in the "horrific terrorist attack" in Pahalgam, Rubio also encouraged India to work with Pakistan to "de-escalate tensions" and maintain peace and security in South Asia, US State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce said in a statement.