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Scott Bessent says China ‘ready to make a deal’ to avoid new 100% tariff: Full interview

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In an interview with Meet the Press, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says China is prepared to reach an agreement after two days of negotiations to avoid the harsher 100% tariffs threatened by President Trump.



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Oct. 26, 2025, 6:00 AM EDTBy Andrew GreifTrailing the Cincinnati Bengals in the final seconds of Week 7 and still nearly 70 yards from the end zone and a potential go-ahead touchdown, the Pittsburgh Steelers were in an unenviable position.That wasn’t to say they were out of options, however.Steelers quarterback Aaron Rodgers bought time, jogged forward to add momentum and heaved his final pass of the night.It was knocked down incomplete, just out of arm’s reach of a Steelers receiver, but it didn’t diminish the feat of the throw itself, which traveled 69.8 yards, the longest pass attempt since at least 2017, according to NFL tracking data.The danger of such a Rodgers heave should be familiar to Pittsburgh’s next opponent, Green Bay. While playing 18 seasons with the Packers and winning four MVP honors and one Super Bowl title, Rodgers became known for possessing perhaps the league’s strongest arm, one that helped him complete three Hail Mary attempts with the franchise. When he completed another with the New York Jets in 2024, their coach said they were “fortunate that we have the best Hail Mary thrower in the history of this game.”When Rodgers plays Green Bay on Sunday for the first time since forcing his way out of the franchise three seasons ago, the Packers will see a quarterback who is diminished from his former MVP form — yet, from his arm to his ability to spray the ball around the field, remains a viable starting quarterback and has found life after Green Bay.“They’re asking me this week, ‘Is it a revenge game?’” Rodgers told reporters this week. “What have I got to be avenging here? They paid me a ton of money, I grew up there, and spent some of the best years of my life there and have nothing but love for the organization.”Last spring, as Rodgers was cut loose by the Jets and entertained only a few suitors in free agency as he mulled whether to return for an 18th season as a starter, and 21st overall, such a development didn’t appear to be a foregone conclusion.Yet as Rodgers nears his 42nd birthday in December, the oldest active player in the league has helped Pittsburgh to a 4-2 start, and first place in the AFC North.Packers coach Matt LaFleur dismissed the reunion storyline, saying that “we’re playing the Pittsburgh Steelers, who happen to have Aaron Rodgers.” But days later, LaFleur was back discussing Rodgers again.“For such an old man, he’s still moving around pretty good,” LaFleur told reporters.But it will be partly about how well the Packers defend a quarterback who has revived his career amid a season that he has said could be his last. Of the 33 quarterbacks this season with at least 100 attempts, Rodgers leads the league in the percentage of his passes that become touchdowns. In an acknowledgement of Rodgers’ decreasing mobility, Pittsburgh designed its offense around exceptionally quick and short passes, and Rodgers has responded with the highest passer rating on throws in 2.5 seconds or less.He also ranks seventh in completion percentage, ninth in passer rating and has engineered two game-winning drives. Rodgers remains the only quarterback with multiple games of four-plus passing touchdowns.It has not entirely been a Rodgers revival tour. His interception rate is the league’s fourth highest.Wins are not a quarterback statistic, yet a team’s success is still deeply intertwined with a quarterback’s success. When Rodgers started, the Packers had a winning percentage of .647; since leaving Green Bay, his winning percentage stands at .416.Jordan Love of the Green Bay Packers in Green Bay, Wis., on Oct. 12.Michael Reaves / Getty ImagesThe Packers (4-1-1) have had little reason to look back with regret at their decision to acquiesce to Rodgers’ desire to play in New York in 2023. His successor, Jordan Love, led the Packers to playoff berths in each of his first two seasons, while producing none of the off-field headlines that marked the end of Rodgers’ time in Green Bay. And this season, Love has curbed one of his major weaknesses by throwing just two interceptions in six games; at the same point last season, Love had thrown nine.“Obviously would’ve loved to ride off in the sunset after a Super Bowl win [with Green Bay], but that’s not the way the league goes sometimes,” Rodgers told reporters. “I knew the writing was on the wall when Jordan was picked.”“I knew at some point there would be a change, and if I wanted to play, it’d probably have to be elsewhere. So I understand the situation.”What else we’re watching in Week 8Dolphins (1-6) at Falcons (3-3): Tua Tagovailoa is still the starting quarterback in Miami despite a league-high 10 interceptions. The Dolphins have yet to win on the road this season.Jets (0-7) at Bengals (3-4): Aaron Glenn is trying to avoid becoming just the fifth coach in the last 20 seasons to lose their first eight games. Cincinnati has scored at least 27 points in six straight games.Browns (2-5) at Patriots (5-2): Cleveland has lost its last 11 games on the road, the longest active losing streak. With one sack, Myles Garrett will pass Reggie White for the most sacks before turning 30 since sacks started being tracked in 1982.Giants (2-5) at Eagles (5-2): New York is 0-4 on the road this season and hasn’t won in Philadelphia since 2014. Philadelphia’s offense ranks only 14th in average scoring, but thanks to the “tush-push,” it scores a touchdown on an NFL-high 82% of red-zone trips.Bills (4-2) at Panthers (4-3): Buffalo averages a league-best 151 rushing yards, while Carolina ranks third, with a 140.1-yard average.Bears (4-2) at Ravens (1-5): Lamar Jackson, who has participated in practice this week, was ruled out again with a hamstring injury. With a loss, Baltimore would tie for the worst seven-game start in franchise history. If D’Andre Swift gains 100 yards on the ground for a third straight game, it will be the longest streak by a Bears back since Matt Forte in 2013.49ers (5-2) at Texans (2-4): The Texans are the first team in NFL history to lead the league in fewest points allowed per game through Week 7 but still have a losing record. Every Texans loss has come by one score.Buccaneers (5-2) at Saints (1-6): The last time New Orleans started 1-7 was 1999. One bright spot: If Alvin Kamara gets two catches, he’ll join LaDainian Tomlinson and Marshall Faulk as the only players with at least 6,000 career rushing yards plus at least 600 catches.Cowboys (3-3-1) at Broncos (5-2): Dallas has protected quarterback Dak Prescott marvelously, allowing only 1.1 sacks per game, but Denver is the best in the league at getting sacks. More than 13% of Broncos opponents’ plays result in sacks, by far the highest rate in the league.Titans (1-6) at Colts (6-1): Opposites meet. Indianapolis has outscored opponents by 92 points, 28 more than the next best team. The Titans have been outscored by a league-worst 96 points, meanwhile.Packers (4-1-1) at Steelers (4-2): Micah Parsons broke through in Week 7, with three sacks. He is averaging the second-most quarterback pressures in the league, per Pro Football Focus.Commanders (3-4) at Chiefs (4-3): Quarterback Jayden Daniels has already been ruled out with an injury. Patrick Mahomes leads the NFL with 18 touchdowns and has transformed Kansas City into the betting favorite to win the Super Bowl.Andrew GreifAndrew Greif is a sports reporter for NBC News Digital. 
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Nov. 4, 2025, 1:05 PM ESTBy Scott Wong, Lillie Boudreaux, Frank Thorp V and Ryan NoblesWASHINGTON — As the 35-day government shutdown ties for the longest in American history on Tuesday, senators predicted that the impasse could end this week.“I’m pretty confident,” said Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla.After weeks without any movement, bipartisan talks among rank-and-file members have been picking up, leading to the first public signs of optimism that the shutdown could soon end.Mullin said that some Democrats had privately indicated last week that they were willing to vote for the short-term Republican spending bill that would reopen the government through Nov. 21. But, Mullin said, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., had instructed them to wait until after Tuesday’s elections so they wouldn’t depress turnout from the liberal base that has been urging the party to hold the line. Schumer’s office had no immediate comment.”I think there’s a possibility we could do it tomorrow night … but more than likely Thursday,” said Mullin, who regularly speaks with President Donald Trump, Democrats and his former House colleagues.Centrist Republican Sen. Mike Rounds of South Dakota, who has taken part in some of the bipartisan talks on how to get the government reopened, agreed, repeatedly saying he’s “optimistic” the shutdown could end this week. And Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., also pointed to Tuesday’s elections in Virginia, New Jersey, New York and California as a key factor that could shake loose a solution to the impasse.“After the elections come and go, I think the Democrats will reveal what this was about all the time, which was a political play. They want to keep their base upset, try to blame Republicans, even though they voted over 13 times now to continue to shut down the government,” Schmitt told reporters. “So my guess is that later this week, we’ll end up funding the government as Republicans had proposed 35 days ago.”Democrats, however, have dismissed the GOP argument that reopening the government will all hinge on the election, with Sen. Chris Murphy of Connecticut mocking it as “cynical galaxy brain thinking.”Republicans need just five more Democrats in the Senate to break with their leadership and vote for a continuing resolution or CR to reopen the government. On Sept. 26, the GOP-controlled House had passed a clean CR to fund the government through Nov. 21. But Senate Democrats opposed it, insisting that any bill to fund the government must also address health insurance subsidies that will expire at the end of this year, raising premiums for millions. Tuesday marked the 14th time that Democrats voted to block the House bill in the Senate.But with Nov. 21 and the Thanksgiving holiday fast approaching, there is now a need for Congress to pass a longer CR — possibly into the new year — to give bipartisan negotiators a longer runway to craft spending bills for the fiscal year that began on Oct. 1.#embed-20251002-shutdown-milestones iframe {width: 1px;min-width: 100%} Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Susan Collins, whose panel is responsible for writing spending bills, said Monday night she is “very cautiously hopeful that it will be resolved by the end of this week.”“There have been a lot of conversations on both sides of the aisle and across the aisle, and across the chambers,” the Maine Republican said, “and I do believe that we are finally making progress.”Collins cited a level of “specificity” in the talks that had not been there in previous negotiations but admitted “it’s too soon to declare that this nightmare of a shutdown is over.”The Appropriations chair supports a new CR to keep the government funded through Dec. 19, which she said would pressure Congress to reach a spending deal right before the holidays.We’d like to hear from you about how you’re experiencing the government shutdown, whether you’re a federal employee who can’t work right now, a person who relies on federal benefits like SNAP, or someone who is feeling the effects of other shuttered services in your everyday life. Please contact us at tips@nbcuni.com or reach out to us here.It’s a well-worn tactic for forcing a funding deal, but it’s drawn opposition from many in the GOP in recent years. On Tuesday morning, House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., said he opposed setting a deadline in December, warning that it could entice lawmakers to pass a massive omnibus spending package, rather than individual funding bills that are more carefully crafted to address spending.He said he would back a CR that funds the government into January — a timeline endorsed by Florida Sen. Rick Scott and other Republicans.“I am not a fan of extending it to December because, let’s be frank, a lot of people around here have PTSD about Christmas omnibus spending bills,” Johnson told reporters. “We don’t want to do that. It gets too close, and we don’t want to have that risk. We’re not doing that. We’re not doing that, but too many people have concern. I think putting it into January makes sense.”But there are no bipartisan negotiations happening at the leadership level with Schumer and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., about a longer-term CR.Across the aisle, some rank-and-file Democrats are hopeful for a breakthrough as the shutdown approaches the five-week mark on Wednesday. But they’re not sharing the GOP’s confidence that it will all be over by week’s end.Democrats have been demanding that Trump and other GOP leaders come to the table to negotiate extending the expiring Affordable Care Act subsidies. So far, Republicans have refused and say Democrats need to vote to reopen the government first before any substantive health care talks can take place.“There seems to be some indication of a thaw, but I see no immediate solution on the horizon,” said Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn. “Talks are a good thing, but so far, I sense no willingness on the part of Republicans to really assure the American people that health care insurance will be guaranteed.”Speaking on the Senate floor Tuesday, Schumer said Democrats are fighting to lower health care costs at a time when 24 million Americans on Obamacare are facing sticker shock due to uncertainty about the expiring subsidies.“Never have American families faced a situation where their healthcare costs are set to double— double in the blink of an eye,” Schumer said.“The biggest beneficiaries of these enhanced premium tax credits are red states. Millions of people in Texas, Florida. Republicans seem ready to tell their own constituents back home: screw you, I would rather cut taxes for billionaires — that’s what’s going on,” Schumer said. “Democrats are going to keep pushing to get these tax credits extended.”Scott WongScott Wong is a senior congressional reporter for NBC News. Lillie BoudreauxLillie Boudreaux is a desk assistant at NBC News.Frank Thorp VFrank Thorp V is a producer and off-air reporter covering Congress for NBC News, managing coverage of the Senate.Ryan NoblesRyan Nobles is chief Capitol Hill correspondent for NBC News.Gabrielle Khoriaty contributed.
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