Japanese Prime Minister Seeks Summit With Kim Jong Un to Resolve Abduction Dispute

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Sanae Takaichi, the newly-elected leader of Japan’s ruling party, the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), gestures as she leaves the party leader’s office after the LDP leadership election in Tokyo, on Oct. 4, 2025. Yuichi Yamazaki/AP Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said her government wants a summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to break

Government shutdown approaches record length

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President Trump late Sunday called again for the Senate to do away with the filibuster, the 60-vote threshold needed to advance most legislation. The comments come after he urged Republicans late last week to take “the Nuclear Option” to reopen the government without Democratic votes. “TERMINATE THE FILIBUSTER, NOT JUST FOR THE SHUTDOWN, BUT FOR

Trump Says He’d Deploy Marines to Cities ‘In a Heartbeat’ If Needed

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President Donald Trump waves as he prepares to board Air Force One to depart for South Korea at Haneda Airport, in Tokyo, Japan, on Oct. 29, 2025. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images President Donald Trump said he would send the U.S. Marines and other branches of the military into American cities “in a heartbeat” if he believed