President Trump is hosting Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Friday in the second visit by a foreign leader to the White House this week.

Trump will host a joint press conference with Ishiba, who took office in October and told reporters before departing for Washington that his goal was to forge a “personal relationship” with Trump.

The two leaders are expected to discuss training exercises, foreign investments in the U.S., semiconductors, artificial intelligence, and energy exports, administration officials previewed in a call early Friday.

The long-running alliance between the U.S. and Japan is expected to be highlighted by both leaders, though a proposed acquisition of U.S. Steel by a Japanese company has proved to be a sticking point between the two nations.

Meanwhile, House Republicans are working through the weekend to break a stalemate over advancing Trump legislative agenda as lawmakers race to complete the final details of the sprawling package. The Senate is threatening to move on its own contrasting strategy.

The Hill has stopped live updates for the day.

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