Oversight Democrats demand Lutnick resign after testimony over Epstein ties
Robert Garcia, the ranking member of the House oversight committee, called on Howard Lutnick to resign, following the commerce secretary’s 6 May testimony to the panel about his ties to the late sex-offender Jeffrey Epstein.
“Secretary Lutnick spent his interview trying to cover up his lie and hide from the truth. He couldn’t explain bringing his family to Epstein’s island years after he claimed to have cut ties, even after he found Epstein to be deeply unsettling,” Garcia said in a statement.
All Democrats on the panel also signed a letter calling on the commerce secretary to resign, or for Donald Trump to fire him.
A reminder that Lutnick – the highest-ranking Trump administration official prominently named in the Epstein files, aside from Donald Trump himself – said on a podcast last year that he had decided to “never be in the room” with Epstein following a 2005 tour of the financier’s home in Manhattan that disturbed him and his wife.
But the release of justice department files on Epstein earlier this year showed that Lutnick had two engagements with Epstein years past that. He attended a 2011 event at Epstein’s home. And Lutnick’s family had lunch with Epstein on his private island in 2012 – four years after Epstein was sentenced to 13 months in jail for procuring a minor for prostitution.
Lutnick admitted to the 2012 lunch during his 10 February testimony before the Senate appropriations committee. “I did have lunch with him, as I was on a boat going across on a family vacation,” Lutnick said. In that testimony, Lutnick also insisted that he “barely had anything to do” with Epstein.
The commerce secretary only agreed to the closed-door interview in May, after Democrats on the committee publicly threatened to subpoena Lutnick if he refused to cooperate. Representative Ro Khanna of California told reporters that the votes were there to compel his testimony.
In their letter on Thursday, oversight Democrats were resolute about Lutnick’s need to resign. “The facts are clear: you lied to the American people and attempted to conceal your relationship with Jeffrey Epstein in your public statements,” they wrote. “Your lack of candor demonstrates that you are unfit to perform the duties required of you as secretary of Commerce, and you must step down immediately.”
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“Secretary Lutnick spent his interview trying to cover up his lie and hide from the truth. He couldn’t explain bringing his family to Epstein’s island years after he claimed to have cut ties, even after he found Epstein to be deeply unsettling,” Garcia said in a statement.
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All Democrats on the panel also signed a letter calling on the commerce secretary to resign, or for Donald Trump to fire him.
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A reminder that Lutnick – the highest-ranking Trump administration official prominently named in the Epstein files, aside from Donald Trump himself – said on a podcast last year that he had decided to “never be in the room” with Epstein following a 2005 tour of the financier’s home in Manhattan that disturbed him and his wife.
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But the release of justice department files on Epstein earlier this year showed that Lutnick had two engagements with Epstein years past that. He attended a 2011 event at Epstein’s home. And Lutnick’s family had lunch with Epstein on his private island in 2012 – four years after Epstein was sentenced to 13 months in jail for procuring a minor for prostitution.
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Lutnick admitted to the 2012 lunch during his 10 February testimony before the Senate appropriations committee. “I did have lunch with him, as I was on a boat going across on a family vacation,” Lutnick said. In that testimony, Lutnick also insisted that he “barely had anything to do” with Epstein.
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The commerce secretary only agreed to the closed-door interview in May, after Democrats on the committee publicly threatened to subpoena Lutnick if he refused to cooperate. Representative Ro Khanna of California told reporters that the votes were there to compel his testimony.
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In their letter on Thursday, oversight Democrats were resolute about Lutnick’s need to resign. “The facts are clear: you lied to the American people and attempted to conceal your relationship with Jeffrey Epstein in your public statements,” they wrote. “Your lack of candor demonstrates that you are unfit to perform the duties required of you as secretary of Commerce, and you must step down immediately.”
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The Senate unanimously approved a resolution to withhold senators’ pay during future government shutdowns Thursday morning. The measure would come into effect after the 2026 midterm elections.
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The resolution, brought forward by senator John Kennedy from Louisiana, said the senators would receive a back pay after the shutdown ends, the way it works for other federal government employees.
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This comes after US government experienced a 43-day shutdown in the fall, the longest closure to date. Separately, most of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) experienced a 76-day partial shutdown earlier this year.
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Democratic Congresswomen Teresa Leger Fernández and Republican Kat Cammack announced a bipartisan partnership between the Democratic Women’s Caucus and Republican Women’s Caucus to combat workplace sexual misconduct in Congress. The representatives were appointed by House speaker Mike Johnson and minority leader Hakeem Jeffries to lead the initiative.
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“No woman – regardless of party, title, or position – should ever feel unsafe in her workplace. Period,” said Cammack.
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This comes after former Representative Eric Swalwell, a Democrat, stepped down from Congress in April, following multiple allegations of sexual assault and misconduct that ended his bid for California governor. Shortly after, Tony Gonzales, a Republican from Texas, also resigned after acknowledging an extramarital affair with a staffer and facing a growing threat of expulsion from his colleagues.
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“It is sickening that Congressmen sexually harassed and assaulted women staff instead of treating them with the respect they deserved,” Fernández said in a statement announcing the taskforce.
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John Thune, the Senate majority leader, told reporters today that the “Byrd scrubs with the parliamentarian get started today”, after Democrats vowed to fight the reconciliation bill “with every tool we have,” earlier this week.
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Minority leader Chuck Schumer said that his party will stymie the budget bill that confers $72bn for federal immigration enforcement, and includes $1bn for security measures for Donald Trump’s ballroom project. Democrats have said this provision violates the so-called Byrd rule, and is extraneous and not actually budgetary.
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“I usually can’t predict the outcome of some of that,” Thune said on Capitol Hill today. “Although we put a lot of work into ensuring that the things that we attempt to do are things that ultimately could clear those various tests.”
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If the Senate parliamentarian advises that the provision be struck from the reconciliation bill, the funding for ballroom security would have to clear the 60-vote filibuster, instead of passing by a simple majority.
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The supreme court will hand down opinions at 10am ET today. Here’s a reminder of the major cases we’re tracking closely.
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Trump v Cook: Donald Trump’s case for firing Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook, as he continues to exert greater control over the US central bank.
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Trump v Slaughter: A case which examines the legality of Trump’s firing of a Federal Trade Commission (FTC) member, Rebecca Slaughter.
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Trump v Barbara: In which the court will decide if the administration’s attempts to restrict birthright citizenship are unconstitutional.
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In response to a question about the latest data which saw US inflation jump to 3.8%, higher than when Joe Biden left office, Bessent remained undeterred.
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“We may get a series, one or two more hot inflation numbers,” the treasury secretary said in an interview with CNBC. “But then I think we’re going to see substantial disinflation.”
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While Trump was feasting with Xi Jinping at a state banquet in Beijing, treasury secretary Scott Bessent predicted that the price of oil will come “trundling” down in an interview with CNBC today.
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“I firmly believe that nothing is more transient than a supply shock,” Bessent said.
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The treasury secretary pointed to “record production” of oil in the US, as the basis for his argument. This comes as the price for a barrel of Brent Crude – the international benchmark – sits above $100.
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“We’re going to keep pumping,” Bessent said. “Which will mean that the look through to inflation will also come down very quickly.”
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US secretary of state Marco Rubio said the US policy on Taiwan is “unchanged” after talks between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping.
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Xi emphasised that Taiwan “is the most important issue in China-US relations”, adding that, if handled poorly, “the two countries will clash or even come into conflict, pushing the entire China-US relationship into a very dangerous place”.
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The US has cleared about 10 Chinese firms to buy Nvidia’s second-most powerful chip in a move that could clear the way for the end of the standoff over tech rivalry.
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The Chinese president questioned whether the US and China “can transcend the “Thucydides Trap” (see earlier post) and forge a new paradigm for great power relations”.
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Xi said he and Trump agreed to establish a “constructive strategic and stable relationship between China and the US” as the new framework for bilateral relations.
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On trade, US and Chinese economic and trade teams “reached an overall balanced and positive outcome” in discussions yesterday.
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Xi said Beijing’s door “to the outside world will only open wider … American companies will enjoy even brighter prospects in China”.
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The White House described the meeting as “good” and that Trump and Xi “highlighted the need to build on progress in ending the flow of fentanyl precursors into the United States, as well as increasing Chinese purchases of American agricultural products”.
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The two leaders “exchanged views on major international and regional issues”, including the Middle East, Ukraine and the Korean peninsula.
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Trump told Xi he is “a great leader and China is a great country, and he deeply respects President Xi and the Chinese people”.
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During the talks, Trump “introduced the business leaders who accompanied him to Xi Jinping one by one”.
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Trump raised a glass to Xi, as he concluded his speech at the state banquet with an invitation to the White House on 24 September.
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US secretary of state Marco Rubio said the US policy on Taiwan is “unchanged” after talks between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping.
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“Our policies on that have not changed,” Rubio told NBC News. “It’s been pretty consistent across multiple presidential administrations, and remains consistent now.”
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Xi warned Trump that disagreements over Taiwan, which China claims as its territory, could bring Beijing and Washington into conflict.
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The US has cleared about 10 Chinese firms to buy Nvidia’s second-most powerful chip in a move that could clear the way for the end of the standoff over tech rivalry.
n China dominates the global supply of legacy chips, the older style chip used in everything from washing machines to smartphones, cars and medical devices.
n But it lags behind on advanced chips, designed by the likes of Nvidia, used to drive artificial intelligence learning.
n Earlier this year three people were charged in the US with trying to unlawfully divert cutting edge US AI tech to China, a sign of the frenzied demand to compete on AI.
n The presence of Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, who was not originally expected to join Donald Trump’s trip to China, has raised hopes that a tech deal could be still be rescued.
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Nvidia dominates the AI chip market with Mizuho Securities estimating the company supply between 70% and 95% of the chips used for training by OpenAI’s GPT and others.
n Ahead of the summit Trump said he would be asking Xi Jinping to “open up” China to allow their “brilliant people” to “work their magic”, code for permission to allow US trade companies enter the Chinese market.
n Nvidia’s most advanced chips, widely used for training AI models, have faced tighter US restrictions on China sales over the last four years.
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US treasury secretary Scott Bessent said Donald Trump understands the sensitivities around the issue of Taiwan and will speak on the matter in the coming days.
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The US president has not commented on Taiwan, the self governing island that Beijing considers its territory, nor was it mentioned in a White House statement of Trump’s meetings with Xi Jinping in Beijing today. The Chinese government, in its readout of the summit, said Xi warned Trump that the Taiwan issue could send relations down a “dangerous” path and even lead to conflict.
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In an interview with CNBC, Bessent said: “President Trump understands the issues here and understands the sensitivities around all this, and anyone who has been saying otherwise does not understand the negotiating style of Donald Trump.”
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Trump raises a glass to Xi, as he concludes his speech with an invitation to the White House on 24 September.
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Donald Trump is now addressing the state dinner. The US president hailed a “fantastic day” and thanked Xi Jinping for “a magnificent welcome like none other”.
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We had extremely positive and productive conversations and meetings today with the Chinese delegation earlier, and this evening is another cherished opportunity to discuss among friends some of the things that we discussed today.
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Xi said he and Trump have kept China-US relations “generally stable”.
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Today, president Trump and I had in-depth exchanges on China-US relations and the international and regional dynamics. We both believe that the China-US relationship is the most important bilateral relationship in the world. We must make it work and never mess it up.
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Both China and the United States stand to gain from cooperation and lose from confrontation. Our two countries should be partners rather than rivals.
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Xi hailed a “historic visit” as he extended a warm welcome to Trump and other guests.
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The people of China and the United States are both great peoples, achieving the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation and making America great again can go hand in hand.
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We can help each other succeed and advance the wellbeing of the whole world.
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Russian president Vladimir Putin will visit China very soon and preparations for the trip are already complete, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said.
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Putin and Xi Jinping have met more than 40 times over the years, most recently in Beijing last September.
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The two men signed a “no limits” strategic partnership in February 2022, less than three weeks before Russia went to war in Ukraine.
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Here is the White House readout of the Trump-Xi summit today, which refers to the Iran war and the strait of Hormuz. But it makes no mention of Taiwan, despite the issue appearing extensively in the Chinese government’s statement of the talks.
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President Trump had a good meeting with President Xi of China.
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The two sides discussed ways to enhance economic cooperation between our two countries, including expanding market access for American businesses into China and increasing Chinese investment into our industries. Leaders from many of the United States’ largest companies joined a portion of the meeting.
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The two sides agreed that the strait of Hormuz must remain open to support the free flow of energy. President Xi also made clear China’s opposition to the militarisation of the strait and any effort to charge a toll for its use, and he expressed interest in purchasing more American oil to reduce China’s dependence on the strait in the future. Both countries agreed that Iran can never have a nuclear weapon.
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The White House also said Trump and Xi “highlighted the need to build on progress in ending the flow of fentanyl precursors into the United States, as well as increasing Chinese purchases of American agricultural products”.
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We are now getting some comments from the White House on the Trump-Xi summit.
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A White House official said Donald Trump “had a good meeting” with Xi Jinping, where they discussed enhancing economic cooperation, expanding market access for US businesses into China and increasing Chinese investment.
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The official added that the two leaders agreed the strait of Hormuz – which has been effectively shut since the US and Israel began bombing Iran – should remain open.
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Taiwan was not mentioned in the White House readout of the talks.
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We will bring you more as we get it.
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We are waiting for the US to issue any comments on the meetings between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping in Beijing today, but the Chinese foreign ministry has released a statement on the talks.
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Here is what the two leaders discussed, according to the ministry readout:
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Xi emphasised that Taiwan “is the most important issue in China-US relations”, adding that, if handled poorly, “the two countries will clash or even come into conflict, pushing the entire China-US relationship into a very dangerous place”.
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The Chinese president questioned whether the US and China “can transcend the “Thucydides Trap” (see earlier post) and forge a new paradigm for great power relations”.
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Xi said he and Trump agreed to establish a “constructive strategic and stable relationship between China and the US” as the new framework for bilateral relations.
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On trade, US and Chinese economic and trade teams “reached an overall balanced and positive outcome” in discussions yesterday.
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Xi said Beijing’s door “to the outside world will only open wider … American companies will enjoy even brighter prospects in China”.
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The two leaders “exchanged views on major international and regional issues”, including the Middle East, Ukraine and the Korean peninsula.
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Trump told Xi he is “a great leader and China is a great country, and he deeply respects President Xi and the Chinese people”.
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During the talks, Trump “introduced the business leaders who accompanied him to Xi Jinping one by one”.
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Xi Jinping lauded a new era of US-China relations after hosting meetings with Donald Trump in Beijing.
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Xi Jinping emphasised that China is committed to the stable, healthy, and sustainable development of China-US relations. He stated that he and president Trump agreed to establish a “constructive strategic and stable relationship between China and the US” as a new positioning for China-US relations, which will provide strategic guidance for China-US relations for the next three years and beyond, and is believed to be welcomed by the people of both countries and the international community. “Constructive strategic stability” should be positive stability based on cooperation, benign stability with moderate competition, normalised stability with manageable differences, and lasting stability with a promising future of peace. “A constructive strategic and stable relationship between China and the US” is not just a slogan, but should be a matter of concerted action.
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Taiwan has issued a statement after Donald Trump and Xi Jinping wrapped up their summit in Beijing today, warning that China is the “sole risk” to regional peace and stability.
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It came after the Chinese leader delivered a warning of his own to the US president, saying the Taiwan issue, if not handled well, could lead to conflict and push China-US relations into “a very dangerous place”.
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Taiwan’s foreign ministry has pushed back, saying China is “currently the sole risk to regional peace and stability”. It pointed to China’s “military harassment” and grey-zone activities around Taiwan and the region as evidence, adding that “Beijing has no right to make any claims on behalf of Taiwan internationally”.
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Earlier, Taiwan cabinet spokesperson Michelle Lee said Taiwan was grateful for the US’s “long-term support” and that Washington has “repeatedly reiterated its firm and clear position of support” for the island.
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Donald Trump and Xi Jinping discussed the wars in the Middle East and Ukraine as well as North Korea during talks in Beijing, the Chinese foreign ministry said.
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“The two heads of state exchanged views on major international and regional issues such as the situation in the Middle East, the Ukraine crisis, and the Korean peninsula,” the ministry said in a statement.
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It remains to be seen whether the US president can convince the Chinese leader to help him end the war with Iran. China is a close ally of Iran and the world’s biggest buyer of Iranian oil.
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In case you’re just joining us, here’s a recap of the day’s main events as Donald Trump and Xi Jinping kicked off their high-stakes summit in Beijing, where it’s now 2pm.
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Xi and Trump began a series of meetings on Thursday in a two-day US-China summit that is expected to cover divisive issues ranging from trade, technology and Taiwan to the Iran war but with few breakthroughs expected.
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Xi said at the start of about two hours of bilateral talks in the Great Hall of the People on Thursday that 2026 marked 250 years of US independence and that stability in the US-China relationship was necessary for global stability.
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Trump said Xi was a “great leader” and that the two countries’ relationship was “going to be better than ever”.
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Xi later told Trump their countries could come into conflict if the issue over self-ruled Taiwan claimed by Beijing was mishandled, Chinese state media said. “The Taiwan question is the most important issue in China-US relations,” Xi said.
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Marco Rubio said US officials would try to persuade China to take a more “active role” in resolving the conflict in Iran, the US secretary of state told Fox News while en route to China.
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Trump also hopes to focus talks on trade and deals for China to buy more agricultural products and passenger planes, setting up a board to address their differences and avoid a repeat of the trade war ignited last year after Trump’s tariff hikes.
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Xi told a delegation of US business executives that China would “open wider” to the world. “American companies will enjoy even brighter prospects in China,” Xi was quoted by Chinese state media as saying amid the summit. Tesla chief Elon Musk, Nvidia boss Jensen Huang and Apple head Tim Cook are among the business leaders who travelled with Trump to Beijing.
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China has renewed export licences for hundreds of US beef processing plants, customs data showed, in a possible goodwill gesture amid the Beijing summit.
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Trump and Xi visited Beijing’s historic Temple of Heaven after concluding their talks, and are to attend a state banquet later on Thursday. Trump is expected to leave just after midday on Friday after a final private meeting with Xi.
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Asian shares were mixed on Thursday as investors closely monitored takeaways from the summit.
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More than 400 US beef plants lost export eligibility over the past year as Beijing’s permissions – granted between March 2020 and April 2021 – lapsed without the customary renewal, accounting for roughly 65% of the once-registered facilities.
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“This shows China has released some goodwill gestures in areas that aren’t too critical to US-China trade relations,” said Xu Hongzhi, a senior analyst at Beijing Orient Agribusiness Consultants.
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The step is likely to cheer US beef producers told by the White House in recent weeks the issue would be raised during the summit.
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Cargill CEO Brian Sikes is among the US CEOs accompanying Donald Trump to Beijing. Plants owned by Cargill and Tyson Foods were included in the renewal.
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Xi Jinping has told a delegation of US business executives that China will “open wider” to the world.
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“China’s doors to the outside world will open wider and wider… American companies will enjoy even brighter prospects in China,” Xi was quoted by Chinese state media as saying during the US-China summit in Beijing on Thursday.
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Tesla chief Elon Musk, Nvidia boss Jensen Huang and Apple head Tim Cook are among the contingent of business leaders who reportedly travelled to Beijing with Donald Trump.
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Xi Jinping has told Donald Trump their countries could come into conflict if the issue over self-ruled Taiwan claimed by Beijing is mishandled, Chinese state media said.
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“The Taiwan question is the most important issue in China-US relations,” Xi said at their summit, according to state broadcaster CCTV.
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If mishandled, the two nations could collide or even come into conflict, pushing the entire China-US relationship into a highly perilous situation.”
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Chinese state-run news agency Xinhua quoted Xi as telling Trump that if the Taiwan issue was not handled well, the two countries would clash or even come into conflict, pushing China-US relations into “a very dangerous place”.
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References to ancient Greece may not have been high on today’s prediction list, but that is exactly what Xi Jinping did when he welcomed Trump in Beijing today.
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Xi name-checked an ancient Greek historian to express his hopes that the US and China can avoid conflict, saying that history, the world and its people were asking whether the two countries can transcend the “Thucydides Trap” and forge a new model for relations between major powers.
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He was using a term that’s popular in foreign policy studies, referring to the idea that when a rising power threatens to displace an established power, the result is often war.
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It comes from Thucydides’ account of the destructive Peloponnesian War between Athens and Sparta, in which he remarked that: “It was the rise of Athens, and the fear that rise engendered in Sparta, that made war inevitable.”
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Xi says the world is at a crossroads, marked by turbulence and uncertainty.
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The question before China and the United States, he said, is “whether the two countries can work together to meet challenges and bring greater stability to the world”.
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Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping have started their bilateral talks inside the Great Hall of the People, China’s grand national legislature.
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In opening remarks, Xi noted that 2026 marks 250 years of US independence and said that stability in the US-China relationship was necessary for global stability.
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Trump said that he and Xi have “known each other for a long time” and that Xi was a “great leader”.
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“I say to everybody you’re a great leader,” Trump told Xi. “Sometimes people don’t like me saying it, but I say it anyway, because it’s true.”
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The US-China summit is now under way.
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Xi said in opening remarks that he always believed that the common interests between China and the US outweighed the differences.
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He also said the success of China and the US was an opportunity for each other.
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Trump told him in reply that the relationship was “going to be better than ever”.
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Donald Trump has met Xi Jinping in Beijing and a welcome ceremony is under way outside the Great Hall of the People.
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The leaders shook hands and walked together on a red carpet after Trump arrived in a motorcade to the steps outside, where a US delegation including Marco Rubio, Pete Hegseth and business chiefs including Elon Musk awaited him.
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The ceremony is continuing now, with marching soldiers and music, as Xi and Trump stand side by side under a gazebo and watch.
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Marco Rubio says American officials will try to persuade China to take a more “active role” in resolving the conflict in Iran, Fox News is reporting.
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The US secretary of state told the network from aboard Air Force One while en route to China that the US had made its case to Beijing on why it should engage in efforts to settle simmering tensions with Iran.
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“It’s in their interest to resolve this,” Rubio said.
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We hope to convince them to play a more active role in getting Iran to walk away from what they’re doing now and trying to do now in the Persian Gulf.”
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Here are some images of Donald Trump’s welcome in China after touching down aboard Air Force One at Beijing capital international airport on Wednesday night.
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One of Trump’s pressing concerns as he visits Beijing is how to find a way to reopen the strait of Hormuz, through which half of China’s crude oil passes.
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China has been more insulated from the energy shock than other Asian countries, thanks to its diversified energy mix and large stockpiles. But the risk of a global recession – which the International Monetary Fund has warned is a possible outcome of the Iran war – is a bigger threat to China’s economy.
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About a fifth of China’s GDP comes from exports. If the rest of the world is no longer able to spend money on goods, China will suffer.
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There’s speculation Trump could use the summit to seek Beijing’s help to end the war with China-allied Iran. But the US president told reporters before departing the White House on Tuesday:
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I don’t think we need any help with Iran. We’ll win it one way or the other – peacefully or otherwise.”
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Trump also sought to play down divisions with Beijing, saying Xi had been “relatively good” during the crisis.
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The Guardian’s senior China correspondent, Amy Hawkins, has examined the biggest questions hanging over the Trump-Xi talks, which begin later today.
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Donald Trump’s state visit to China this week is the first by a US president in nearly a decade and comes amid a time of geopolitical upheaval, a Middle East war with no end in sight and a sometimes rocky relationship between the world’s two major superpowers.
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Aside from discussions about Iran, Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping are expected to discuss trade and tariffs, Taiwan and AI.
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Stay with us as we cover this high-stakes visit. It’s approaching 8.10am in Beijing.
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During his transcribed interview, Lutnick elaborated on the instances where he was in contact with Epstein after 2005, the year the commerce secretary initially claimed he stopped interacting with the late sex-offender.
Lutnick said that after Epstein made a “crude and gross remark in my wife’s presence, which caused us to cut the visit short and leave”, when they visited him while neighbors in 2005 he vowed to “never establish a personal or professional relationship with [Epstein].”
However, the commerce secretary then explained the two instances where he spent time with Epstein in the years after – describing them both as “meaningless and inconsequential”.
In 2011, Lutnick said that he had a conversation with Epstein at the disgraced financier’s home on a “particular weekend afternoon”.
“I rang the bell, sat in his foyer with my dog, waited for him to come down, heard what he had to say, and left. As far as I recall, it was about scaffolding,” Lutnick told oversight lawmakers.
He then described the 2012 lunch on Epstein’s private island, Little Saint James, with his family and friends (another family of six). “I still have no idea how his staff discovered my family’s vacation plans or why they pursued arranging a visit with me,” Lutnick said in his interview, before characterizing the event as a “a brief, meaningless, and inconsequential lunch”.
Oversight Democrats demand Lutnick resign after testimony over Epstein ties
Robert Garcia, the ranking member of the House oversight committee, called on Howard Lutnick to resign, following the commerce secretary’s 6 May testimony to the panel about his ties to the late sex-offender Jeffrey Epstein.
“Secretary Lutnick spent his interview trying to cover up his lie and hide from the truth. He couldn’t explain bringing his family to Epstein’s island years after he claimed to have cut ties, even after he found Epstein to be deeply unsettling,” Garcia said in a statement.
All Democrats on the panel also signed a letter calling on the commerce secretary to resign, or for Donald Trump to fire him.
A reminder that Lutnick – the highest-ranking Trump administration official prominently named in the Epstein files, aside from Donald Trump himself – said on a podcast last year that he had decided to “never be in the room” with Epstein following a 2005 tour of the financier’s home in Manhattan that disturbed him and his wife.
But the release of justice department files on Epstein earlier this year showed that Lutnick had two engagements with Epstein years past that. He attended a 2011 event at Epstein’s home. And Lutnick’s family had lunch with Epstein on his private island in 2012 – four years after Epstein was sentenced to 13 months in jail for procuring a minor for prostitution.
Lutnick admitted to the 2012 lunch during his 10 February testimony before the Senate appropriations committee. “I did have lunch with him, as I was on a boat going across on a family vacation,” Lutnick said. In that testimony, Lutnick also insisted that he “barely had anything to do” with Epstein.
The commerce secretary only agreed to the closed-door interview in May, after Democrats on the committee publicly threatened to subpoena Lutnick if he refused to cooperate. Representative Ro Khanna of California told reporters that the votes were there to compel his testimony.
In their letter on Thursday, oversight Democrats were resolute about Lutnick’s need to resign. “The facts are clear: you lied to the American people and attempted to conceal your relationship with Jeffrey Epstein in your public statements,” they wrote. “Your lack of candor demonstrates that you are unfit to perform the duties required of you as secretary of Commerce, and you must step down immediately.”
Maham Javaid
Pope Leo XIV issued a start warning against the development of artificial intelligence (AI) in military and civilian contexts, in a post on X.
The events in Ukraine, Gaza and the Palestinian territories, Lebanon, and Iran describe “the inhuman evolution of the relationship between war and new technologies, which creates a spiral of annihilation,” he said.
He cautioned against the growth in military expenditure around the world and in Europe in the past year, adding that rearmament should not be called defense.
Senate votes to withhold their pay during future government shutdowns
Maham Javaid
The Senate unanimously approved a resolution to withhold senators’ pay during future government shutdowns Thursday morning. The measure would come into effect after the 2026 midterm elections.
The resolution, brought forward by senator John Kennedy from Louisiana, said the senators would receive a back pay after the shutdown ends, the way it works for other federal government employees.
This comes after US government experienced a 43-day shutdown in the fall, the longest closure to date. Separately, most of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) experienced a 76-day partial shutdown earlier this year.
Maham Javaid
Adm Brad Cooper, head of the US Central Command, testified before the Senate Armed Services Committee about the the Trump administration’s military campaign against Iran Thursday morning.
Cooper, in his first public hearing since the launch of the war, said Iran’s ability to strike the US or its allies had been “dramatically degraded” by the US, citing that the Iranian navy was no longer a regional power.
Iran’s warnings are continuing to ward of commercial ships in the Strait of Hormuz, Cooper said. Iran has largely closed the strait of Hormuz, which was previously responsible for about a quarter of the world’s seaborne supply of oil and gas, since the start of the military campaign.
“The Iranian capability to stop commerce has been dramatically depleted through the strait, but their voice is very loud,” Cooper said. “And those threats are clearly heard by the merchant industry and insurance industry.”
Johnson and Jeffries tap representatives to lead bipartisan taskforce to combat sexual misconduct in Congress
Democratic Congresswomen Teresa Leger Fernández and Republican Kat Cammack announced a bipartisan partnership between the Democratic Women’s Caucus and Republican Women’s Caucus to combat workplace sexual misconduct in Congress. The representatives were appointed by House speaker Mike Johnson and minority leader Hakeem Jeffries to lead the initiative.
“No woman – regardless of party, title, or position – should ever feel unsafe in her workplace. Period,” said Cammack.
This comes after former Representative Eric Swalwell, a Democrat, stepped down from Congress in April, following multiple allegations of sexual assault and misconduct that ended his bid for California governor. Shortly after, Tony Gonzales, a Republican from Texas, also resigned after acknowledging an extramarital affair with a staffer and facing a growing threat of expulsion from his colleagues.
“It is sickening that Congressmen sexually harassed and assaulted women staff instead of treating them with the respect they deserved,” Fernández said in a statement announcing the taskforce.
Thune says GOP put ‘a lot of work’ into ensuring $1bn for ballroom security clears key test
John Thune, the Senate majority leader, told reporters today that the “Byrd scrubs with the parliamentarian get started today”, after Democrats vowed to fight the reconciliation bill “with every tool we have,” earlier this week.
Minority leader Chuck Schumer said that his party will stymie the budget bill that confers $72bn for federal immigration enforcement, and includes $1bn for security measures for Donald Trump’s ballroom project. Democrats have said this provision violates the so-called Byrd rule, and is extraneous and not actually budgetary.
“I usually can’t predict the outcome of some of that,” Thune said on Capitol Hill today. “Although we put a lot of work into ensuring that the things that we attempt to do are things that ultimately could clear those various tests.”
If the Senate parliamentarian advises that the provision be struck from the reconciliation bill, the funding for ballroom security would have to clear the 60-vote filibuster, instead of passing by a simple majority.
Claire Wang
With housing costs for working-class families steadily climbing across the US while billionaire fortunes soar to all-time highs, renters’ rights are becoming a defining policy in the upcoming midterm elections, tenant rights organizers say.
In Massachusetts – where Boston consistently lands in the top five US cities for priciest rents – a proposed ballot question this November could overturn the state’s three-decade ban on rent control and cap annual increases at 5%, thanks to a coalition of three dozen housing, faith and labor groups.
The coalition, Homes for All Massachusetts, joined forces last year, recruited an army of volunteers, and within two months, gathered more than 124,000 signatures for the measure – far exceeding the minimum support required to place the issue before voters.
“We’re proud to be part of the national movement for rent control and tenant protections,” said Carolyn Chou, the executive director of Homes for All Massachusetts. “Those kinds of wins symbolize what resonates with everyday people across the country.”
Tenants’ rights organizers say renters’ policies previously considered too extreme have become the centerpiece of insurgent political campaigns in the midterm elections. “Renter” has even become an identity for candidates to run on. Taking a cue from renter politicians in major cities – like New York City’s mayor, Zohran Mamdani, who turned “freeze the rent” into a rallying cry, and Seattle mayor Katie Wilson, who championed social housing – renter candidates across the country are running for city council, mayor and Congress this year.
“Working-class families are at an inflection point,” said Chris Otten, a tenant organizer in Washington DC. “There’s a lot of momentum for these types of policies that can materially benefit people’s lives.”
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On Capitol Hill today, we can expect a series of votes in the House and Senate.
Lawmakers in the lower chamber will vote for the third time to advance a war powers resolution that curbs military action in Iran. Much like yesterday’s failed Senate vote on the resolution, this is also expected to fall short, but we’ll be watching to see if any more Republicans defect and vote in favor.
In the upper chamber today, we can expect final passage on legislation that would withhold senators’ pay during a government shutdown. On Wednesday, the bill advanced by a unanimous vote, and will head to the Senate floor this afternoon.
As I reported earlier, we were watching for more opinions from the supreme court today. The justices didn’t hand down any decisions that we were watching closely.
However, it’s also worth saying that a case we’ll still be watching closely today, as the court is also poised to announce next steps in a case about granting nationwide access to mail-order mifepristone – an abortion medication.
On Monday, Justice Samuel Alito extended a temporary order that allows the pill’s distribution by telehealth and mail until at least 14 May. Two mifepristone manufacturers filed an emergency appeal to the supreme court after a federal appeals court ordered a ban on shipping the pill earlier this month.
Richard Luscombe
A group of Miami residents has filed a lawsuit against Donald Trump and the state of Florida over a land giveaway for his proposed presidential library.
Almost three acres of prime waterfront land that once belonged to Miami Dade College (MDC) was illegally gifted to the US president by Florida’s Republican governor, Ron DeSantis, the lawsuit states.
It cites the domestic emoluments clause of the US constitution that prohibits a sitting president from receiving any personal gain, profit or advantage from their position.
The action was brought in US district court for the southern district of Florida by the Washington DC-based Constitutional Accountability Center (CAC) on behalf of plaintiffs including an MDC student, a Miami non-profit, and residents, who state the land “is no longer available to serve MDC’s student community and downtown Miami”.
Instead, the filing states, “the land will house a Trump hotel that brings riches to the President”.
Plans for the “gaudy” project were unveiled in March, to be built next to Miami’s iconic Freedom Tower, the historical landmark and community art museum. A giant golden statue of the president will stand before a 50-story tower block that will feature the controversial $400m Boeing “flying palace” jumbo jet gifted to him by Qatar, but not yet in service, in its cavernous lobby.
Supreme court poised to issue opinions
The supreme court will hand down opinions at 10am ET today. Here’s a reminder of the major cases we’re tracking closely.
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Trump v Cook: Donald Trump’s case for firing Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook, as he continues to exert greater control over the US central bank.
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Trump v Slaughter: A case which examines the legality of Trump’s firing of a Federal Trade Commission (FTC) member, Rebecca Slaughter.
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Trump v Barbara: In which the court will decide if the administration’s attempts to restrict birthright citizenship are unconstitutional.
Bessent: ‘We’re going to see substantial disinflation’
In response to a question about the latest data which saw US inflation jump to 3.8%, higher than when Joe Biden left office, Bessent remained undeterred.
“We may get a series, one or two more hot inflation numbers,” the treasury secretary said in an interview with CNBC. “But then I think we’re going to see substantial disinflation.”
