{"id":133919,"date":"2025-04-16T13:16:16","date_gmt":"2025-04-16T13:16:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/trump-administration-live-updates-president-and-japanese-officials-to-talk-trade-senator-travels-to-el-salvador-nbc-news\/"},"modified":"2025-04-16T13:16:16","modified_gmt":"2025-04-16T13:16:16","slug":"trump-administration-live-updates-president-and-japanese-officials-to-talk-trade-senator-travels-to-el-salvador-nbc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/trump-administration-live-updates-president-and-japanese-officials-to-talk-trade-senator-travels-to-el-salvador-nbc-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump administration live updates: President and Japanese officials to talk trade; senator travels to El Salvador &#8211; NBC News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Profile<br \/>Sections<br \/>Local<br \/>tv<br \/>Featured<br \/>More From NBC<br \/>Follow NBC News<br \/> news Alerts<br \/>There are no new alerts at this time<br \/><span class=\"styles_chatCardByline___KHac\" data-testid=\"chatCardByline-name\"><span class=\"styles_chatCardByline--bio__moCJl\"><span class=\"styles_chatCardByline--name__XxOL0\">Sahil Kapur<\/span><\/span><\/span><br \/><span class=\"styles_chatCardByline___KHac\" data-testid=\"chatCardByline-name\"><span class=\"styles_chatCardByline--bio__moCJl\"><span class=\"styles_chatCardByline--name__XxOL0\">Peter Nicholas<\/span><\/span><\/span><br \/>Republicans are discussing an idea that has long been anathema within the party: a tax hike on the wealthy.<br \/>In a twist, members of the GOP are debating whether to allow tax rates to go up on top earners when major parts of the 2017 tax law expire at the end of this year as part of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/congress\/speaker-mike-johnson-gop-budget-vote-trump-agenda-rcna200578\" target=\"_blank\">massive bill<\/a> to pass <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/congress\/gop-concerns-tax-cut-strategy-medicaid-loom-senate-budget-rcna199632\" target=\"_blank\">Trump\u2019s agenda<\/a>. <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/congress\/republicans-reconsider-commitment-tax-cuts-rich-trump-agenda-bill-rcna201167\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><em>Read the full story.<\/em><\/strong><\/a><br \/><span class=\"styles_chatCardByline___KHac\" data-testid=\"chatCardByline-name\"><span class=\"styles_chatCardByline--bio__moCJl\"><span class=\"styles_chatCardByline--name__XxOL0\">Lawrence Hurley<\/span><\/span><\/span><br \/><span class=\"styles_chatCardByline___KHac\" data-testid=\"chatCardByline-name\"><span class=\"styles_chatCardByline--bio__moCJl\"><span class=\"styles_chatCardByline--name__XxOL0\">Ken Dilanian<\/span><\/span><\/span><br \/>The Trump administration has been accused of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/immigration\/judge-abrego-garcia-case-indicates-weighing-contempt-proceedings-trump-rcna201359\" target=\"_blank\">ignoring or flat-out defying recent\u00a0federal\u00a0court orders<\/a>, including a Supreme Court decision that it must \u201cfacilitate\u201d the release of a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/immigration\/mistakenly-deported-man-alive-detained-el-salvador-trump-admin-says-rcna201018\" target=\"_blank\">Maryland man who was sent in error\u00a0<\/a>to a Salvadoran prison.\u00a0\u00a0<br \/>The federal judge presiding over\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/immigration\/judge-abrego-garcia-case-indicates-weighing-contempt-proceedings-trump-rcna201359\" target=\"_blank\">Kilmar Abrego Garcia<\/a>&#8216;s case yesterday\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/immigration\/judge-abrego-garcia-case-indicates-weighing-contempt-proceedings-trump-rcna201359\" target=\"_blank\">chastised the administration for its inaction<\/a>.<br \/>\u201cI\u2019ve gotten nothing,\u201d said Judge Paula Xinis of the U.S. District Court for Maryland. \u201cI\u2019ve gotten no real response and no real legal justification for not answering.\u201d<br \/>If Xinis or another federal judge decides that Trump and federal officials have failed to comply with their orders, what action can they take to enforce them?<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/politics-news\/president-defies-judges-orders-contempt-rcna201455\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><em>Read the full story.<\/em><\/strong><\/a><br \/><span class=\"styles_chatCardByline___KHac\" data-testid=\"chatCardByline-name\"><span class=\"styles_chatCardByline--bio__moCJl\"><span class=\"styles_chatCardByline--name__XxOL0\">Lauren Mayk, NBC Philadelphia<\/span><span class=\"styles_chatCardByline--shortbio__fVvwi\">Lauren Mayk is a reporter for NBC Philadelphia. <\/span><\/span><\/span><br \/><span class=\"styles_chatCardByline___KHac\" data-testid=\"chatCardByline-name\"><span class=\"styles_chatCardByline--bio__moCJl\"><span class=\"styles_chatCardByline--name__XxOL0\">Raquel Coronell Uribe<\/span><\/span><\/span><br \/>Former Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell said he is concerned about political violence in the wake of the arson attack on the governor\u2019s residence, where Gov. Josh Shapiro resides.<br \/>Rendell said he felt safe when he lived in the residence, between 2003 and 2011, adding that even though there were demonstrations outside the home sometimes, it was \u201cpart of the business,\u201d and there were troopers on-site around the clock.<br \/>\u201cPeople are now taking violence into their hands as a way of resolving political divisions,&#8221; Rendell told NBC&#8217;s news station in Philadelphia. &#8220;It\u2019s terrible. It\u2019s going to tear the country apart unless we do something about it.\u201d .<br \/>Cody Balmer, who was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/us-news\/gov-josh-shapiro-residence-arson-investigation-rcna201044\" target=\"_blank\">charged in the arson attack at the historic governor\u2019s residence<\/a>, said he had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/us-news\/know-arson-suspect-fire-pa-gov-josh-shapiros-residence-rcna201096\" target=\"_blank\">hatred toward Shapiro<\/a> and would have attacked him directly had they come face to face.<br \/>Rendell said he hopes stronger security measures will be put in place following the attack.<br \/>\u201cI would hope that people who are more experienced in putting security around public officials would look at the house, look at the way it\u2019s built, look at the outside, look at the television,\u201d he said.<br \/><span class=\"styles_chatCardByline___KHac\" data-testid=\"chatCardByline-name\"><span class=\"styles_chatCardByline--bio__moCJl\"><span class=\"styles_chatCardByline--name__XxOL0\">Megan Lebowitz<\/span><\/span><\/span><br \/>Trump announced this morning that he would meet today with Japanese officials to discuss trade and military cost issues, marking the latest public overture from another country in response to steep U.S. tariffs, which the president has temporarily reduced. <br \/>&#8220;Japan is coming in today to negotiate Tariffs, the cost of military support, and &#8216;TRADE FAIRNESS,'&#8221; Trump said in a post to Truth Social &#8220;I will attend the meeting, along with Treasury &#038; Commerce Secretaries. Hopefully something can be worked out which is good (GREAT!) for Japan and the USA!&#8221;<br \/>The White House previously hit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Annex-I.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Japanese imports <\/a>to the U.S. with a 24% blanket tariff.  <br \/>The U.S. and Japan had previously reached a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbp.gov\/trade\/free-trade-agreements\/japan\" target=\"_blank\">trade agreement <\/a>in 2019, during Trump&#8217;s first term. Japan is one of the top five buyers of U.S. goods in 2022, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/ustr.gov\/countries-regions\" target=\"_blank\">Office of the U.S. Trade Representative. <\/a><br \/>Japan also hosts <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mofa.go.jp\/region\/n-america\/us\/security\/pdfs\/arrange_ref7.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">tens of thousands <\/a>of U.S. troops. <br \/><span class=\"styles_chatCardByline___KHac\" data-testid=\"chatCardByline-name\"><span class=\"styles_chatCardByline--bio__moCJl\"><span class=\"styles_chatCardByline--name__XxOL0\">Megan Lebowitz<\/span><\/span><\/span><br \/><span class=\"styles_chatCardByline___KHac\" data-testid=\"chatCardByline-name\"><span class=\"styles_chatCardByline--bio__moCJl\"><span class=\"styles_chatCardByline--name__XxOL0\">Frank Thorp V<\/span><span class=\"styles_chatCardByline--shortbio__fVvwi\">producer and off-air reporter<\/span><\/span><\/span><br \/><span class=\"styles_chatCardByline___KHac\" data-testid=\"chatCardByline-name\"><span class=\"styles_chatCardByline--bio__moCJl\"><span class=\"styles_chatCardByline--name__XxOL0\">Raquel Coronell Uribe<\/span><\/span><\/span><br \/>Sen. Chris Van Hollen announced that he will travel to El Salvador today to push for the release of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/immigration\/judge-abrego-garcia-case-indicates-weighing-contempt-proceedings-trump-rcna201359\" target=\"_blank\">Kilmar Abrego Garcia<\/a>, a man the Justice Department said it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/data-graphics\/us-immigration-tracker-follow-arrests-detentions-border-crossings-rcna189148\" target=\"_blank\">mistakenly deported<\/a>.<br \/>\u201cMy hope is to visit Kilmar and check on his wellbeing and to hold constructive conversations with government officials around his release. We must urgently continue working to return Kilmar safely home to Maryland,\u201d Van Hollen, D-Md., said in a statement last night, calling Abrego Garcia\u2019s deportation \u201cunlawful\u201d and an \u201cabduction.\u201d<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/congress\/democratic-lawmakers-say-ll-travel-el-salvador-push-kilmar-abrego-garc-rcna201279\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><em>Read the full story.<\/em><\/strong><\/a><br \/>&copy;&nbsp;2025 NBCUniversal Media, LLC<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi2AFBVV95cUxQdFNkM2xIWFRWNm5YRFJxQnRrWjMzQVlxY1BITUVsWnR0MnhvXzk0QzF5b05zZktPb29RZUZjSlRXYUhFSDlSWEotMEhPYXktSEg0Z3FqZzlrSUZZb2VqY2dBVHZJdXJUMGEzVDB6WXkxZ3BycGtNQ0VEaXkzNUMzUlBBb0cxWHdFZTQ1YnV2STd1TVlxWTBiSGxRdzVCMGlQaWtJS2dYa2xHYXFGcXpHc1JOV2ZrU2pneV85MkpMWlRkekZqY2hhQ0tqQVJKX2tNRFByTnZkUnLSAWNBVV95cUxObEYwRVdJOEJuRVVuaDdjTUZTdjJUdjNnWHZodGtiVjRkZDhNUUxGWnJzRG1DNXlvUXJmaGJlZTY0VGJMVzM2akt0eG9NclBnRWswU2RXTXFHb2RHM1BYT1RmLTg?oc=5\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ProfileSectionsLocaltvFeaturedMore From NBCFollow NBC News news AlertsThere are no new alerts at this timeSahil KapurPeter NicholasRepublicans are discussing an idea that has long been anathema within the party: a tax hike on the wealthy.In a twist, members of the GOP are debating whether to allow tax rates to go up on top earners when major [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":133920,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-133919","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-us","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133919","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=133919"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133919\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/133920"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=133919"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=133919"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=133919"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}