South Korea's New President To Meet With Trump And Kilmar Abrego Garcia's Ice Check-in: Morning Rundown

In today’s newsletter: South Korea’s president will meet pinch Donald Trump to talk tariffs, a shipbuilding finance and nuclear-armed North Korea. National Guard troops deployed to D.C. are now equipped pinch guns. And what could hap astatine Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s ICE check-in aft nan authorities announced plans to deport him to Uganda.

Here’s what to cognize today.

No ‘bromance’ expected: Trump to meet South Korea’s president

President Trump and South Korean President Lee Jae-myung.Getty Images file

South Korea, 1 of nan strongest U.S. friends successful Asia, has had a unsmooth commencement pinch President Donald Trump, struggling successful tariff talks arsenic it spent months without a imperishable leader. But its caller president, Lee Jae-myung, has arrived for a gathering pinch Trump connected Monday pinch a $150 cardinal offering whose sanction is judge to entreaty to nan U.S. leader: “Make America Shipbuilding Great Again.”

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The package, which South Korean officials besides mention to arsenic MASGA, includes nan building of caller U.S. shipyards, nan training of shipbuilding unit and U.S. Navy vessel maintenance. It’s a cardinal portion of nan last-minute waste and acquisition woody South Korea struck past period pinch Trump, who says he wants to revitalize U.S. shipbuilding for some economical and nationalist information reasons.

The White House acme is an important opportunity for Lee to advocator South Korea’s interests pinch Trump aft months of governmental instability created by erstwhile President Yoon Suk Yeol’s botched declaration of martial law.

Though Lee comes from a wide party, he and Trump stock overmuch successful communal — some person been nan subjects of assassination attempts, and some are much unfastened to diplomacy pinch nuclear-armed North Korea than their predecessors. But they person very different outlooks connected political, economical and overseas policy, which could make nan acme challenging, analysts told NBC News.

Read much astir nan White House acme here.

National Guard troops successful D.C. statesman carrying firearms

National Guard troops deployed to Washington to support Trump’s effort to mitigate crime began carrying firearms Sunday evening, according to a Defense Department charismatic pinch knowledge of nan planning.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth had authorized nan alteration past week. The mostly of nan defender members will transportation M17 pistols, their service-issued weapons, nan charismatic said, while a mini number of nan troops will beryllium equipped pinch their work M4 rifles.

The troops are authorized to usage their weapons for self-protection and “as a past resort” successful consequence to an “imminent threat,” according to nan national task unit managing nan operation.

Several equipped troops were seen Sunday evening operating nan Chinatown neighborhood, wearing patches branded “MP” to signify their domiciled arsenic subject police. There will beryllium an accrued beingness successful “pre-specified metro locations” to coincide pinch nan commencement of nan schoolhouse year, nan task unit said.

A White House charismatic told NBC News that contempt carrying weapons, nan National Guard is not making arrests. More than 2,000 troops are presently successful nan nation’s capital, and person been assisting rule enforcement pinch organization information patrols, postulation power points and crowd travel support.

Read what other we cognize here.

More connected nan D.C. takeover:

As D.C. students return to schoolhouse today, Mayor Muriel Bowser is being flooded pinch questions from parents concerned astir ICE agents connected campuses and National Guard troops pouring successful from different states. The acting ICE head said migration officers won’t beryllium visiting D.C. schools connected nan first time of class. But he said they could beryllium connected campuses successful nan future. Chicago’s politician is scoping retired ineligible avenues to prevent soldiers from overtaking nan Windy City aft national threats. Trump said connected Truth Social that he would send nan subject into Baltimore to “quickly cleanable up” crime, different threat to replicate nan Guard deployment successful Washington successful different cities.

What mightiness hap astatine Kilmar Abrego Garcia's ICE check-in today

Kilmar Abrego Garcia, from center, leaves nan Putnam County Jail, successful Cookeville, Tenn., connected Aug. 22, 2025.Brett Carlsen / AP

Kilmar Abrego Garcia, nan man who nan authorities says was mistakenly deported to a notorious situation successful El Salvador, will meet pinch migration officials coming nether nan looming threat of a 2nd deportation.Minutes aft Abrego was released from national custody past week, migration authorities notified him that they intend to deport him to Uganda. Separately, nan Trump management offered him a plea woody that would yet deport him to Costa Rica, giving him until “first thing” coming to accept.

Here’s really Abrego’s ICE check-in could go:

→ These appointments are typically a little gathering pinch an ICE serviceman to reappraisal lawsuit status, supply updates and corroborate wherever a personification is living. Usually, a personification is released until nan adjacent scheduled check-in.

→ Abrego’s attorneys told NBC News they expect he will beryllium taken into ICE custody during nan check-in, fixed nan government’s deportation plan.

→ From there, Abrego could return nan plea woody and yet beryllium deported to Costa Rica. He could garbage and beryllium deported to Uganda arsenic soon arsenic Wednesday. Or, his lawyers could conflict to forestall his deportation to Uganda altogether.

Here’s what that entails.

Vance remains optimistic astir ending Ukraine warfare while Kremlin dampens hopes

Vice President JD Vance remains assured nan U.S. tin agent an extremity to nan war betwixt Russia and Ukraine contempt imaginable hang-ups that person emerged since Trump’s gathering pinch Russian President Vladimir Putin. “We judge we’ve already seen immoderate important concessions from some sides, conscionable successful nan past fewer weeks,” Vance said successful an exclusive question and reply connected NBC News’ “Meet nan Press.”

“If we deed a ceramic wall, past we’re going to proceed this process of negotiation, of applying leverage,” nan vice president added.

Meanwhile, Russia’s apical diplomat, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, cast uncertainty connected hopes that Trump will propel a swift extremity to nan war. Lavrov cited respective issues that stay unresolved, including information guarantees for Ukraine and territorial disputes.

He told “Meet nan Press” moderator Kristen Welker that Ukraine has hindered nan process, saying President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and European leaders “don’t want peace.”

“Zelenskyy said nary to everything,” Lavrov said. “How tin we meet pinch a personification who is pretending to beryllium a leader?” Lavrov said Putin is fresh to meet pinch Zelenskyy “when nan schedule is ready.” But he suggested nan Russian president would not motion a bid statement pinch Zelenskyy, whose legitimacy Moscow has questioned since Ukrainian elections were postponed past twelvemonth amid martial law.

Read much connected Vance here, and Lavrov here.

'Sopranos' character Jerry Adler dies astatine 96

Jerry Adler successful New York City connected Dec. 7, 2014.Rob Kim / Getty Images file

Jerry Adler, champion known for playing a mobster’s confidant connected “The Sopranos,” died astatine nan property of 96, according to an obituary from nan Riverside Memorial Chapel successful New York. Adler spent nan mostly of his profession down nan scenes of Broadway shows, not stepping guardant to enactment until he was successful his 60s.

He was nan shape head for nan original 1956 accumulation of “My Fair Lady” featuring Julie Andrews and Rex Harrison, and received his first acting in installments successful 1991 for an section of “Brooklyn Bridge.”

But, nan world will retrieve Adler for his six seasons connected “The Sopranos” arsenic Hesh Rabkin, a indebtedness shark who often doled retired proposal to lead characteristic Tony Soprano.

Read what friends and colleagues said astir his legacy.

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