President Donald Trump described a Wednesday call with Chinese President Xi Jinping as "excellent," noting that their discussions on trade and foreign conflicts served to pave the way for his upcoming visit to Beijing this April.

Border Czar Tom Homan announced that the Trump administration will pull 700 federal immigration officers from Minnesota "effective immediately," crediting "unprecedented cooperation" from local and county jails in alerting U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents when inmates eligible for deportation are released from custody.