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Taku Eto, Japan’s agriculture minister, after meeting with Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba in Tokyo on Monday. Mr. Eto’s remark about rice created a furor ahead of a national election in July.

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The zoo in Chengdu, which has the nickname “China’s happiest city.”

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Workers at in a factory in Penang, Malaysia, last year. The Southeast Asian country wants to move from assembling and testing semiconductors into chip design and cutting-edge manufacturing.

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Corey O’Connor had positioned himself as a pragmatic candidate who would get the city working again while it tried to rebuild a tax base devastated by the pandemic downturn in commercial real estate.

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A Republican senator on Tuesday pointedly instructed Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. not to interfere with the livelihood of American farmers by suggesting certain pesticides are unsafe.

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Kristi Noem, the homeland security secretary, during a committee hearing on Capitol Hill last week.

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In a March 24 email, Joe Kent, chief of staff to Tulsi Gabbard, said that it was necessary to “rethink” the intelligence assessment, according to multiple people who described it.

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Secretary of State Marco Rubio was grilled by Democrats on Tuesday about the evisceration of U.S. foreign aid programs.

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Representative Chip Roy of Texas is negotiating with House Speaker Mike Johnson and White House aides over the contents of what his party has called the “one big, beautiful bill.”

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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has directed his chief spokesman to convene a panel to review the U.S. military’s chaotic 2021 withdrawal from Afghanistan.

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On “Cheers,” George Wendt made a running joke feel both familiar and fresh every time.

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President Trump promised during the campaign to build an air defense system similar to Israel’s Iron Dome, that can intercept rockets and missiles.

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Agriculture Secretary Brooke L. Rollins at the White House in May.

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Newark Liberty International Airport in May. In recent months, the airport has experienced a series of technology outages, including a sudden failure of radio and radar systems last month.

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A protest last week outside the federal courthouse in Greenbelt, Md. The Trump administration has turned to countries to take on migrants from countries around the globe, and not necessarily their home country.

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Andrew M. Cuomo is challenging Eric Adams, the incumbent, for the New York City mayor’s office.

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George Wendt, standing left, with the original cast of the long-running sitcom “Cheers.” Next to him are John Ratzenberger, center, and Nicholas Colasanto. Between Mr. Wendt and Mr. Colasanto is Rhea Perlman. In front are Shelley Long and Ted Danson.

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The Supreme Court on Monday allowed the Trump administration, for now, to lift deportations protections from nearly 350,000 Venezuelan immigrants.

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During Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s presidency, his annual health record never included one particular test: a prostate-specific antigen test.

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President Trump at the Capitol today with Speaker Mike Johnson.

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Kristi Noem, the homeland security secretary, appeared to not know what habeas corpus was during an appearance before the Senate.

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