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King Charles announced he will remove his brother’s royal titles after growing pressure about Andrew’s connection to Jeffrey Epstein. NBC News’ Molly Hunter reports from Buckingham Palace.



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Oct. 30, 2025, 5:23 PM EDTBy Natasha KoreckiCHICAGO — Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on Thursday flatly rejected a request by Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker to suspend immigration enforcements in the Chicago area until after Halloween.Pritzker cited children’s safety and an incident from Saturday in which Customs and Border Protection agents deployed tear gas in a neighborhood where kids were preparing for a Halloween parade.In turning down the request, Noem also cited children’s safety.“We’re absolutely not willing to put on pause any work that we will do to keep communities safe,” Noem said at a news conference in Gary, Indiana, on Thursday. “The fact that Gov. Pritzker is asking for that is shameful and, I think, unfortunate that he doesn’t recognize how important the work is that we do to make sure we’re bringing criminals to justice and getting them off our streets, especially when we’re going to send all of our kiddos out on the streets and going to events and enjoying the holiday season.”Noem made the comments amid a firestorm of controversy in the Chicago area, as a spasm of immigration enforcement operations devolved into chaotic confrontations with residents and activists in which immigration officers deployed chemical agents. In a widely reported event over the weekend, they used tear gas in the Old Irving Park neighborhood, just as kids and families were gathering for a Halloween parade. Pritzker appeared to reference the incident in his letter to Noem.“I am respectfully requesting you suspend enforcement operations from Friday, October 31 to Sunday, November 2 in and around homes, schools, hospitals, parks, houses of worship, and other community gatherings where Halloween celebrations are taking place. Illinois families deserve to spend Halloween weekend without fear,” Pritzker wrote in a letter sent to Noem. “No child should be forced to inhale tear gas or other chemical agents while trick or treating in their own neighborhood.” A federal judge earlier this week cited the incident in Old Irving Park as she admonished Border Patrol commander Gregory Bovino that his agents must abide by a court order dictating that chemical agents were not to be used without warnings in public settings where they are not under imminent threat. Residents say immigration agents contending with neighbors upset over their activity used aggressive tactics including deploying tear gas — which the judge pointed to as the kind of activity she sought to curb in residential areas.A Border Patrol agent walks through a cloud of tear gas in Chicago on Oct. 14.Terrence Antonio James / Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty ImagesGovernment attorneys said they didn’t want to hamstring agents who had to contend with sometimes threatening crowds. Noem said Thursday that Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents have increasingly been threatened. “What we’ve seen in attacks on ICE officers is unacceptable,” Noem said. “I’ll remind you, every single ICE officer has someone who loves them.” Before the end of Tuesday’s hearing, the judge pleaded with the government to tamp down activities over Halloween. “The last thing that I will say is Halloween is on Friday. I do not, do not want to get violation reports from [attorneys] that show that agents are out and about on Halloween where kids are present and tear gas is being deployed or pepper balls are being deployed,” U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis told Bovino on Tuesday. “I expect everybody to act reasonably. You know that it is a day when people are going to be out minding their own business.”In court filings Monday, lawyers submitted affidavits from residents of the Old Irving Park neighborhood, who described getting out of the shower, still being in pajamas or getting their kids ready for a Halloween day parade when they heard loud noises.One Old Irving Park resident, Brian Kolp, told NBC News he was drinking coffee in his house when he noticed fast movement outside. Agents were arresting an immigrant who had been doing contract work in the area, on his front lawn, he said. Kolp, an attorney who previously worked as a state’s attorney, ran outside in his pajama pants and said while neighbors were upset and shouting at agents, they did not impede or threaten them. At one point, he saw an agent with “some sort of munition in his hand.”“Are you seriously about to throw that in the middle of the neighborhood?” Kolp said he told the agent. He then queried the agent on why he wasn’t wearing a body camera, he said. The agent then walked away, according to Kolp, but at the other end of the street, a chemical agent was deployed. “There was nothing to justify any of their use of force. At no point did they give a verbal or audible warning,” he said.As for Old Irving Park on Halloween, longtime resident Anna Zolkowski said it will be the first time she doesn’t hand out candy in more than 30 years. The neighborhood, which boasts of larger lots, older trees and front yards that transform with elaborate Halloween decor, draws trick-or-treaters from surrounding areas. One recent year, it logged 1,300 trick-or-treaters. “I’m too shaken,” she said, after witnessing Saturday’s confrontation with immigration agents. Instead, she’ll be on the corners with a whistle to warn of any immigration activity should it transpire. She donated her candy money to a legal defense fund for immigrants and said other residents also signed up to watch for immigration activity on Halloween. “We’re not going to let this ruin a traditional Chicago Halloween, where children and their families can feel safe and have fun,” she said. Natasha KoreckiNatasha Korecki is a senior national political reporter for NBC News.
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Savewith a NBCUniversal ProfileCreate your free profile or log in to save this articleSept. 23, 2025, 10:45 PM EDTBy Abigail WilliamsThe United Nations has concluded its one-day investigation into the mysterious halting of President Donald Trump’s escalator Tuesday as he arrived at the U.N. General Assembly.The accidental culprit? A White House videographer who most likely tripped a safety mechanism.U.N. secretary general spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric said in a note to reporters that a technician found it was the White House videographer who was unintentionally behind the now-international incident that was caught on video.“The escalator had stopped after a built-in safety mechanism on the comb step was triggered at the top of the escalator,” Dujarric said. “The safety mechanism is designed to prevent people or objects accidentally being caught and stuck in or pulled into the gearing. The videographer may have inadvertently triggered the safety function described above.”But the escalator wasn’t the only thing that malfunctioned for Trump during his visit to the U.N.“I don’t mind making this speech without a teleprompter, because the teleprompter is not working,” Trump said soon after he took the podium to address all 193 delegations from around the globe.“There are two things I got from the United Nations: a bad escalator and a bad teleprompter,” he said.A U.N. official told NBC News that the White House was responsible for operating Trump’s teleprompter.The Associated Press first reported the U.N.’s findings on the two incidents.Trump appeared good-natured about all of it.“The teleprompter was broken and the escalator came to a sudden hault as we were ridding up to the podium, but both of those events probably made the speech more interesting than it would have been other wise,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “It is always an honor to speak at the United Nations, even if, their equipment is somewhat faulty.”His press secretary, however, viewed things much differently.“If someone at the UN intentionally stopped the escalator as the President and First Lady were stepping on, they need to be fired and investigated immediately,” Karoline Leavitt wrote on X.Hours later, on Fox News, Leavitt suggested U.N. staffers may have sought to injure Trump and indicated the issue was far from resolved.”When you put all of this together, it doesn’t look like a coincidence to me,” she told host Jesse Watters.”I know that we have people, including the United States Secret Service, who are looking into this to try to get to the bottom of it,” Leavitt added. “And if we find that these were U.N. staffers who were purposely trying to trip up — literally trip up — the president and the first lady of the United States, well, there better be accountability for those people, and I will personally see to it.”Abigail WilliamsAbigail Williams is a producer and reporter for NBC News covering the State Department.Tara Prindiville contributed.
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Oct. 28, 2025, 7:07 PM EDTBy Abigail Williams, Courtney Kube, Carol E. Lee and Katherine DoyleWASHINGTON — Some of President Donald Trump’s aides have advised him against shifting the U.S. position on independence for Taiwan to favor China, according to four people with knowledge of the discussions, ahead of his meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping this week.The aides have privately expressed concern that Trump, who is pushing to reach a sweeping trade deal with China, may choose to ignore their advice, the people with knowledge of the discussions said. They said they worry that Trump could walk away from long-standing U.S. policy on Taiwan or more subtly shift the U.S. position by framing it with new language.“Everyone is holding their breath,” one of the people with knowledge of the discussions said.Stocks hit record highs over hopes of China trade deal00:47Administration officials have told Trump to expect Xi to seek a public declaration from him that the United States “opposes” Taiwan’s independence, the people with knowledge of the discussions said. Xi has for months pushed for a shift in the U.S. position on Taiwan from the current one, which is that the United States does “not support” its independence, to saying the United States “opposes” it.While many Americans might see that as a different way of saying the same thing, were Trump to say the United States opposes Taiwan’s independence or even that independence is not a good idea at this time, it would send shock waves across Asia and be seen as a huge gift to Xi.Openly expressing opposition to Taiwan’s independence would be seen as moving the United States from a neutral position on the issue to clearly standing on the side of China. For decades, U.S. administrations have adopted a policy of strategic ambiguity toward Taiwan, known as the “One China” policy, and presidents have taken the public position of not supporting its independence.A White House official told NBC News: “President Trump has repeatedly affirmed that his Taiwan policy has not changed. President Trump leads on all foreign policy — he always puts forward deals that put the American people first.”Asked what the Trump administration’s policy on Taiwan’s independence was, a senior State Department official said, “The policy on Taiwan hasn’t changed one bit.”“It’s as consistent as it’s been for decades,” the official said Monday.China sees democratic and self-ruled Taiwan as a breakaway province that must be reunited with the mainland by military force if necessary. Taipei rejects Beijing’s claims of sovereignty and seeks to maintain its de facto independence even if it is not formally recognized by most countries.“The Taiwan question is at the core of China’s core interests, and the first red line that cannot be crossed in China-US relations,” Chinese Embassy spokesperson Liu Pengyu said by email when he was asked for comment.“There is but one China in the world, Taiwan is an inalienable part of China’s territory. This is a consensus of the international community and a political commitment made by the U.S. to China,” Liu said.Taiwanese officials are also uneasy about the upcoming Trump-Xi meeting and have expressed their own concerns to State Department officials that Trump could abandon Taiwan to secure a win from the meeting, one of the people familiar with the discussions said.Asked by reporters about Taiwan’s apprehension, Secretary of State Marco Rubio brushed the concerns aside.“What people are worried about is we’re going to get some trade deal where we’re going to get favorable treatment on trade in exchange for walking away from Taiwan,” Rubio said Saturday en route to Asia for this week’s meetings. “No one is contemplating that.”Taiwan’s Foreign Affairs Ministry took to social media soon after, expressing its appreciation to Rubio for “reaffirming no one is contemplating walking away from Taiwan.”Abigail Williams, Courtney Kube, Carol E. Lee and Monica Alba reported from Washington and Katherine Doyle from Tokyo.Abigail WilliamsAbigail Williams is a producer and reporter for NBC News covering the State Department.Courtney KubeCourtney Kube is a correspondent covering national security and the military for the NBC News Investigative Unit.Carol E. LeeCarol E. Lee is the Washington managing editor.Katherine DoyleKatherine Doyle is a White House reporter for NBC News. Monica Alba contributed.
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