the party contract barr signed. he will pay for the gathering himself, eventually writing a check to the hotel for more than $30,000. according to the justice department, the attorney general chose the president's hotel because other hotels were booked. a doj official says ethics officials were consulted and that the purpose of the party is not to curry favor with the boss. the justice department may eventually have to consider when it's legal for the president's plan to holds the next g7 at his own golf club near miami. a reprove of sorts for farmers hit hard by president trump's trade war. president trump and shinzo abe have made an agreement in principle on trade during that g7. while american pork producers say they're happy about the deal, it's no better than it trump had stayed in the transpacific partnership in the first place. pork producers relied on japan as their biggest market. they had already seen exports slip this year. the new deal should put them back on a level playing field.