Ursula von der Leyen says bloc hopes to see negotiated solution to trade tensions. The European Union has delayed retaliatory tariffs on exports from the United States as officials scramble to reach a trade deal with Washington ahead of US President Donald Trump’s August 1 deadline. Ursula von der Leyen, the president of the European Commission, said on Sunday that the bloc would extend its suspension of countermeasures...

Presidential protection service accused of pattern of negligence, communications breakdowns in planning and execution of Trump rally. A United States Senate inquiry into an attempt to assassinate President Donald Trump at a campaign rally last year has blamed the Secret Service for “inexcusable” failures in its operations and response and called for more serious disciplinary action. The report, released on Sunday, a year after a 20-year-old gunman opened fire...

About 50 to 80 other structures also destroyed as two wildfires burn at or near the Grand Canyon’s North Rim in Arizona. Wildfires have engulfed a historic lodge, destroying it and dozens of other structures along the Grand Canyon’s North Rim in the state of Arizona in the southwestern United States, park officials say. Rangers were forced to close access to that part of the Grand Canyon National...