President Donald Trump says he plans to sit down with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un later this year, setting the stage for what would be the two men’s first face-to-face meeting since Trump returned to office for a second term. Trump defended planning to meet the North Korean leader even as he wages a war with Iran that he has justified on the grounds of preventing Tehran from getting a nuclear bomb. Key points and original sources are listed below.

• President Donald Trump says he plans to sit down with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un later this year, setting the stage for what would be the two men’s first face-to-face meeting since Trump returned to office for a second term. In remarks that stood out for...S1

• Trump defended planning to meet the North Korean leader even as he wages a war with Iran that he has justified on the grounds of preventing Tehran from getting a nuclear bomb.S2

• In an impromptu White House meeting with reporters, the president touted his relationship with Kim and said North Korea has “57 very powerful nuclear weapons.”S3