What's happened
Chuck Schumer used his address at the annual Ireland Funds dinner in Washington to encourage the DUP to endorse the Windsor Framework and restore power-sharing in Northern Ireland.
Why it matters
The US Senate Majority Leader's endorsement of the Windsor Framework and warning that he will not support any trade deal between the US and the UK if any settlement undermines the Good Friday Agreement is significant as it puts pressure on the DUP to restore power-sharing in Northern Ireland.
What the papers say
The Independent and Sky News both report on Chuck Schumer's address at the annual Ireland Funds dinner in Washington, where he urged the DUP to restore power-sharing in Northern Ireland and endorsed the Windsor Framework. The Independent also reports on Sinn Fein president Mary Lou McDonald's comments on Sinn Fein backed newspaper adverts in the US calling for a date for an Irish unity referendum, which have been criticised by DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson.
How we got here
The DUP continues to consider whether it will accept the UK and EU's new post-Brexit deal on trading arrangements for Northern Ireland - the Windsor Framework. The New IRA, an armed dissident republican group opposed to the peace process, has been blamed for the attack on PSNI Detective Chief Inspector John Caldwell in Omagh, Co Tyrone, last month.
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Sir Jeffrey Mark Donaldson is a British politician who is the Democratic Unionist Party Member of Parliament for Lagan Valley in Northern Ireland.
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The Democratic Unionist Party is a unionist political party in Northern Ireland favouring British identity. It was founded in 1971 during the Troubles by Ian Paisley, who led the party for the next 37 years.
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