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Trump announces his intention to have diplomatic “relations” with North Korea
The President of the United States, Donald Trump, announced this Friday his intention to forge “relations” with the North Korean regime of Kim Jong-un, with whom he already maintained a good relationship during his first term (2017-2021).
“We will have relations with North Korea and Kim Jong-un. I got along very well with him,” he said at a press conference at the White House with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba.
“I think it’s a great advantage for everyone that I get along with him. I like him, I mean, I get along with him, he gets along with me. And that’s a good thing, not a bad thing,” added the Republican, who already governed between 2017 and 2021.
He also assured that “Japan likes the idea because its relationship is not very good” with Kim Jong-un and the United States could mediate between the two.
“I think that’s a tremendous asset for the world, not just for the United States,” Trump said.
For his part, the Japanese Prime Minister replied that the relationship between the US and North Korea must be “determined by the United States” and that it is not something that Japan would “ask” Trump.
Ishiba added that Trump’s meetings with Kim Jong-un in Vietnam and Singapore were “very positive.”
He also said that “it would be fantastic” if the Republican could “move towards solving the problems with North Korea,” among which he cited denuclearization.
During his first term, Trump starred in a strategy of rapprochement with the North Korean dictator, with whom he said that “love letters” were written, and both held three historic meetings between 2018 and 2019, in Singapore, Hanoi and the Demilitarized Zone between the two Koreas.
However, the negotiations stagnated and did not result in significant progress in the denuclearization of North Korea.
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Trump alleges “massive fraud” in California redistricting vote without evidence
U.S. President Donald Trump claimed on Tuesday — without providing evidence — that “fraud” is taking place in California’s referendum on the redrawing of electoral districts, one of the key votes held nationwide alongside mayoral elections in cities such as New York.
“The unconstitutional vote on redistricting in California is a MASSIVE FRAUD, because the entire process, particularly the voting itself, is RIGGED,” the president wrote on his social network, Truth Social.
Trump — who in 2020 also alleged widespread fraud in the presidential election he lost to Joe Biden — argued that Republicans have been “shut out” of mail-in voting and claimed the process is “under very strict legal and criminal investigation.”
Proposition 50, the measure being put to referendum in California, proposes a temporary redrawing of the state’s congressional districts in favor of the Democratic Party. Such a change could jeopardize the Republican majority in the House of Representatives ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.
The proposal was introduced by California authorities, where Democrats hold majority power, as a response to a similar Republican-backed initiative in Texas aimed at reshaping districts to boost Trump-aligned candidates in next year’s House elections.
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Four suspected PCC members killed in Police shootout in Florianópolis
At least four armed men, allegedly linked to an organized crime group, were killed Sunday night during a shootout with police officers at Ponta das Canas beach on the island of Florianópolis, capital of the southern Brazilian state of Santa Catarina, local media reported on Monday.
According to the Santa Catarina Military Police, one of the men killed was a native of the state of São Paulo (southeast) and identified as a leader of the Primeiro Comando da Capital (PCC), a gang that controls drug trafficking in the Papaquara community in northern Florianópolis, one of Brazil’s most popular tourist areas.
Police said officers were conducting a patrol in the Ponta das Canas neighborhood when they noticed a man entering a house in a hurry, raising suspicion. Upon entering the residence, they encountered four heavily armed individuals.
During the police operation, one of the suspects reportedly attempted to seize an officer’s rifle, triggering the exchange of gunfire. “Faced with the imminent threat and the criminals’ high firepower, the officers responded to stop the aggression,” the Military Police said on social media.
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U.S. uses $4.65 billion in emergency funds to sustain SNAP benefits amid shutdown
The U.S. government will use $4.65 billion from an emergency fund to finance payments under SNAP, the country’s primary food assistance program, covering roughly “50% of benefits for eligible households,” according to a Department of Agriculture official in court filings.
The administration, however, does not plan to make up the funding shortfall through other resources, as noted in documents submitted to a federal court in Rhode Island.
This announcement follows a federal judge’s order in Providence — one of two issued last week — requiring the government to tap emergency funds to ensure the program remains operational.
The Trump administration argues that SNAP is running out of money amid a month-long federal government shutdown, triggered by a budget standoff between Democrats and Republicans who continue to blame each other for the crisis.
President Trump said on Friday that he was willing to release the necessary funds if the courts required it and emphasized that he does not want “Americans to go hungry.”
Hakeem Jeffries, the Democratic minority leader in the House of Representatives, accused Trump and the Republican Party on Sunday of “weaponizing hunger” during the political dispute.
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