House Speaker Kevin McCarthy meets with Taiwanese president in California despite China threats

Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy met with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen in southern California on Wednesday, becoming the most senior US elected official to meet a Taiwanese leader on American soil since 1979.

McCarthy (R-Calif.) and Tsai briefly shook hands after her SUV pulled up to the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, northwest of Los Angeles. ---More...