North Korea and Russia’s deepening ties prompt South Korea to reconsider ban on supplying weapons to Ukraine

Seoul — Major weapons exporter South Korea will “reconsider” a longstanding policy that bars it from supplying arms directly to Ukraine, a presidential official said Thursday, after North Korea and Russia signed a defense deal. Russia’s President Vladimir Putin was in Pyongyang Wednesday for a high-profile state visit that underscored his growing ties with leader

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Trump, GOP urge early and mail voting while continuing to raise specter of voter fraud

Detroit — Four years after Detroit’s convention center was the center of conspiracy theories and unfounded allegations of voter fraud, thousands of Republicans were back in the building last weekend to prepare for November’s rematch between former President Donald Trump and President Biden. So-called election integrity efforts and disproven allegations of voter fraud were repeatedly invoked,

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House Ethics Committee reviewing sexual misconduct, obstruction allegations against Matt Gaetz

Washington — The House Ethics Committee revealed in an unusual statement on Tuesday the status of its investigation of GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida on allegations ranging from sexual misconduct, drug use and obstruction. The statement noted there has been a “significant and unusual amount of public reporting on the Committee’s activities this Congress,” and

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