Chinese Premier Zhao Ziyang speaks with Meet the Press (1987)

SEPT. 27, 1987 — NBC News’ Tom Brokaw traveled to Beijing to speak with Zhao Ziyang, premier of China and the acting head of the Chinese Communist Party, in the first interview Zhao had ever given to American television. Watch the full episode from the Meet the Press archive.

Trump-Xi summit live: US president preparing to meet China’s leader with trade, Taiwan and the Iran war set to dominate talks

Ahead of the crucial talks, security has been heightened in Beijing, with the US president set to meet Xi at the Great Hall of the People Greetings from Beijing, where I awoke to CNN coverage of Chinese social media mocking Donald Trump and America as a fading superpower. CNN noted that China’s tough internet censors … Read more

Vance turns up heat on states with federal cash threat over Medicaid fraud crackdown

Vice President JD Vance warned Wednesday that states could lose federal funding if they fail to aggressively pursue Medicaid fraud, escalating the Trump administration’s pressure campaign on governors and state Medicaid officials. “We are sending letters that will require them to show that they are effectively and aggressively prosecuting Medicaid fraud in their states. And … Read more

Howard Lutnick said he had three ‘meaningless and inconsequential’ meetings with Epstein

In House committee transcript, commerce secretary denied any further contact with disgraced financier Sign up for the Breaking News US newsletter email The US commerce secretary, Howard Lutnick, told lawmakers in a closed-door interview earlier this month that he met Jeffrey Epstein only three times and had no “personal or professional relationship” with the disgraced … Read more

Republican redistricting effort is ‘evil incarnate’, Stacey Abrams tells new Guardian podcast

In interview with Stateside with Kai and Carter, Abrams says Republicans have raised the stakes beyond party lines Former Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams has slammed Republican-led states’ efforts to redraw their congressional maps to favor their party as “evil incarnate”. In an interview with the Guardian’s new podcast, Stateside with Kai and Carter, Abrams … Read more