Trump Gives Freed Americans Flag-Waving, Wee-Hours Welcome

By MATTHEW LEE, JILL COLVIN and ZEKE MILLER , Associated Press JOINT BASE ANDREWS, Md. (AP) — Staging a made-for-TV, still-of-the-night arrival ceremony, President Donald Trump welcomed home three Americans freed by North Korea and declared their release a sign of promise toward his goal of denuclearizing the Korean Peninsula. Speaking early Thursday on an…

President Trump Says Korea Statement ‘Almost Beyond’ Talks

WASHINGTON (AP) —  President Donald Trump says an upcoming announcement about North Korea is “almost beyond” talks between Washington and Pyongyang. Trump announced earlier that South Korea will be making a “major statement” about North Korea at 7 p.m. Eastern time Thursday. An ABC News producer tweets that ABC reporter Jon Karl asked Trump privately…