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What U.S.-Korea Ties Mean on the 75th Anniversary of the Incheon Landing

Incheon, the site of a crucial battle of the Korean War, has a singular place in South Korea’s modern history and in its ties with the United States.

Incheon was also the site for many firsts in South Korea, including the nation’s first soccer and baseball games.
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Trump’s Threats to Media in Jimmy Kimmel Fallout Resemble World Autocrat

The tactics President Trump has embraced place the United States in awkward company as freedom of expression is declining in dozens of countries.

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President Trump on Air Force One on Thursday. He has threatened to revoke licenses from networks with late-night hosts who make jokes at his expense.
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Trump Says U.S. Military Attacked a Third Suspected Drug Boat, Killing Three

It was the third time this month that the president said the United States had struck a vessel in the Caribbean Sea.

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President Trump boarding Marine One this week. On Friday, the president announced another American attack on a boat in the Caribbean Sea that he said was “trafficking illicit narcotics.” He also posted a one-minute surveillance video showing a speedboat being blown up.
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Trump Says Critical Coverage of Him Is ‘Really Illegal’

It remained unclear why the president believed negative news coverage, which all of his predecessors have faced and is protected by the Constitution, would be against the law.
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Harris Assails ABC Suspension of Kimmel as ‘Rewarding’ Trump

In an interview ahead of her new book’s release, former Vice President Kamala Harris warned that President Trump would only grow more emboldened in crushing dissent.

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“I fear that every signal that he is receiving, including Jimmy Kimmel, is rewarding him for what he does and the way he does it,” former Vice President Kamala Harris said in an interview this week at her home in Los Angeles.
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A Week of Deepening Political Divides

Tempers are always flaring in Washington. But the current level of vitriol has felt especially nasty and intense.

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President Trump, the late-night host Jimmy Kimmel and Kash Patel, the director of the F.B.I. Events involving the three men factored heavily in what has been a politically charged week after Charlie Kirk’s assassination.
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With Calls for Retribution Over Kirk, Some See Rise of a ‘Woke Right’

Conservatives have pressed for consequences for those who make negative comments about Charlie Kirk. But a few on the right say they worry about limits on speech.

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Tucker Carlson at a Turning Point USA event last year in West Palm Beach, Fla.
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Calls for Retribution Over Kirk Criticism Make Some Ask: Is There a ‘Woke Right’?

Conservatives have pressed for consequences for those who make negative comments about Charlie Kirk. But a few on the right say they worry about limits on speech.

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Tucker Carlson at a Turning Point USA event last year in West Palm Beach, Fla.
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Trump Says U.S. Will Institute $100,000 Fee for H-1B Visas

Administration officials said the charge would help American workers. President Trump also announced the terms of a new “gold card” program.

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President Trump signed a proclamation instituting a $100,000 fee for visas given to some highly skilled foreign workers.
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Ted Cruz Accuses FCC Chair of Mafia-Like Tactics Amid Jimmy Kimmel Fallout

The Republican senator warned that retaliating against media outlets over coverage that conservatives view as negative would set a “dangerous” precedent.

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Senator Ted Cruz of Texas at the Capitol on Friday.
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Jim Edgar, 79, Popular and Moderate Republican Governor of Illinois, Dies

In the 1990s, he compromised with Democrats, backed abortion rights, increased spending for schools and used an income-tax hike to help tame a huge budget deficit.

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Jim Edgar, the former Illinois governor, outside the State Capitol building in Springfield in 2014. He was a rare Republican public official who openly criticized President Trump.
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Trump Asks the Supreme Court, Again, to Lift Protections for Venezuelans

The solicitor general accused a federal trial judge of defying an earlier order from the justices, though one that provided no reasoning.

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Members of Venezuelan community organizations held a news conference denouncing a Trump administration move to end Temporary Protected Status for Venezuelan migrants in Doral, Fla., in February.
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Senate Confirms Michael Waltz as U.N. Ambassador

The former national security adviser came under fire for inadvertently inviting a journalist to a Signal chat in which he and other top officials discussed war plans.

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Michael Waltz was confirmed to serve as the top United States diplomat to the United Nations on a 47-to-43 vote. All but two Democrats opposed Mr. Waltz’s nomination.
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Travis Decker’s Remains Believed to Be Found in Forest, Sheriff Says

A search team recovered remains believed to be those of Travis Decker in a forest about 120 miles east of Seattle, the authorities said.

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Law enforcement officers searching last month for Travis Decker near Leavenworth, Wash. Remains believed to be his have been found, they said Thursday.
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La crise s'accentue entre Paris et Bamako: fin de la coopération antiterroriste.

Le ton continue de monter entre la France et le Mali… Paris répond à Bamako après l’arrestation dans la capitale malienne le mois dernier d’un diplomate français accusé tentative de déstabilisation et d’être un espion… parmi les décisions de la France il y a 2 diplomates maliens qui sont désormais indésirables en France...

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La France menacée de devenir un État islamique ? Attention à cette vidéo.

Une vidéo très virale prétend montrer des militants propalestiniens menaçant de transformer la France en Etat islamique. Il s’agit d’un faux document relayé par des comptes automatisés. Il s’agit d’une campagne de désinformation pro russe visant à discréditer la France.

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L'armée israélienne va frapper Gaza-ville avec "une force sans précédent"

Israël a indiqué vendredi qu'elle allait frapper Gaza-ville avec une "force sans précédent", appelant la population à évacuer la zone où elle mène une vaste offensive aérienne et terrestre. Selon l'armée israélienne, 480 000 personnes ont fui la zone depuis la fin du mois d'août.

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Harvard’s Former President, Claudine Gay, Criticizes Its Approach to Trump

Claudine Gay has rarely spoken out since she was forced to resign, but she recently said that Harvard should not cave to Trump administration demands, including a $500 million payment.

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Claudine Gay, the former president of Harvard University, left the university only months after she started the role.
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Protesters and Federal Agents Clash Outside an ICE Detention Facility Near Chicago

The Department of Homeland Security said there had been 550 arrests in the Chicago operation.

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Tensions have been rising in the Chicago area for the last two weeks, since ICE agents have been conducting a higher number of immigration arrests in the region than usual.
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