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Trump meets with South Korean President Lee Jae Myung

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Watch live coverage as President Trump delivers a speech and meets with South Korea’s President Lee Jae Myung during his trip to Asia.



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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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Nov. 4, 2025, 3:49 PM ESTBy Brennan LeachAs the government shutdown is set to become the longest in U.S. history, Pennsylvania organizations that rely on government support are experiencing an unusual and devastating double whammy.That’s because the state is in the midst of its own budget impasse. The Republican-controlled Senate and the Democratic House have been in a deadlock over the 2025-26 budget for more than 120 days, freezing billions in state funding.The consequences of the dual shutdowns are becoming dire for organizations like the Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic Violence (PCADV), a nonprofit that helps victims of domestic violence find safety, counseling and legal advocacy through a network of 59 community-based domestic violence programs across the state.White House assures it is ‘fully complying’ with court order on SNAP benefits01:37PCADV receives 53% of its budget from federal funds and 43% from the state, and it operates on a reimbursement basis. Since the state budget impasse began, it is owed more than $11 million for services already provided, according to CEO Susan Higginbotham.“It’s a perfect storm,” she said in an interview with NBC News. “This spells disaster for nonprofit programs providing services to people because, first of all, a number of programs are having to lay off staff or furlough staff, or think about how they can reduce the experience. I mean, you know, this is impossible to manage, really.”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.Higginbotham warned that if the dual impasses continue, PCADV’s statewide network of programs, which provide services for approximately 90,000 domestic violence survivors and their children, may have to begin laying off staff or permanently close their doors.“If that happens, it’s not going to help to blame ‘Rs’ or ‘Ds’ for it, or for them to blame each other. It’s too late at that point. We just want them to pass a budget. Figure it out,” she said.Daniel Mallinson, a political scientist at Penn State University, said that the Pennsylvania budget impasse could end when enough people apply pressure on their lawmakers to find a solution. However, he added, those most negatively affected by the compounding shutdown consequences are marginalized people who “don’t have as much political sway.”“A lot of the people that have the most political sway are more in that category of ‘it doesn’t really impact me right now,’” Mallinson said, while “it’s a daily reality” for marginalized groups that depend on government-funded services.Among the hardest hit are students, as schools across the commonwealth wait on $5.3 billion in missed state funding, according to Chris Lilienthal, a spokesperson for the Pennsylvania State Education Association.Pennsylvania schools have had to suspend afterschool programs, implement spending freezes, and at least three school districts have said that they are on the brink of closing down entirely, Lilienthal said.Lilienthal explained that districts that rely more heavily on government funding are “in a much worse situation” than schools with wealthier tax bases and more local revenue.This coincides with the suspension of federal SNAP nutrition benefits, which serve nearly 2 million Pennsylvanians, including 713,000 children, according to a report released by Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro’s administration.“The loss of these SNAP benefits, it is just making it that much harder for kids in the classroom,” Lilienthal said. “Of all the impacts of the federal shutdown, this is the one that has driven the most calls to our union, the most concerns from our members. What’s going to happen to the kids if they don’t have access to these SNAP nutrition benefits?”President Donald Trump’s administration said this week that it would use contingency funds to pay out partial SNAP benefits for November following a judge’s order. But that could take “several weeks,” the Agriculture Department said.In Washington, after weeks without any movement, senators predicted Monday that bipartisan talks among rank-and-file members could mean an end to the shutdown as soon as this week. There are the first glimpses of progress in Pennsylvania, too, as Shapiro and leaders from the state House and Senate met in person several times last week, Spotlight PA reported.Brennan LeachBrennan Leach is an associate producer for NBC News covering the Senate.
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