Secretary of State Marco Rubio said after meeting with a senior Chinese official in Malaysia Friday that a summit between President Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping is likely later this year.

The Senate is set to take up a White House-requested $9.4 billion spending-cut package in the coming days, but Republicans may need to pare it back to secure enough votes for passage.

Foreign relations experts are worrying that the leaders of Seoul and Washington could do what no enemy has managed in 75 years: Fray the two democracies' alliance to the breaking point.