USA: Dispute among Republicans – Senator blocks Trump’s judge pick
Pentagon to cut about a fifth of top officer positions +++ Trump on North Korea's nuclear weapons: Kim is my friend +++ FBI deputy steps down – reports of tensions with Patel +++ The news blog.
US President Donald Trump has expressed differing views on nuclear weapons for Iran and North Korea, citing his personal relationship with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. Trump stated that Kim has "pretty extensive nuclear capacities" but claimed that he would be treated well as long as Trump is in office because Kim respects and likes him.
Trump also announced plans to travel across the US in the 32 days leading up to the midterm elections to support Republican candidates, starting with a visit to Texas. Meanwhile, Google CEO Sundar Pichai met with Trump and described a voluntary agreement to develop and control artificial intelligence, and New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani presented a strategy to combat anti-Semitism in response to criticism from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
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