Melania Trump won't be traveling to the G7, North Korea summits

Melania Trump and Donald Trump.
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First lady Melania Trump will not be spending her summer vacation traveling with President Trump.

Her communications director confirmed on Sunday that the first lady won't be accompanying the president to the G7 summit in Canada this week or his meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Singapore on June 12, but said she will appear Monday at an event honoring Gold Star families.

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.