South Korea’s political crisis deepened as more than 15 million citizens cast early ballots in the high-stakes June 3 presidential election to replace former President Yoon Suk-yeol. Early voting concluded Friday, with nearly 35 percent of the electorate participating. The massive turnout reflects widespread anxiety over the nation’s future after months of political turmoil, martial law threats, and legal chaos.
President Donald Trump is preparing to dramatically increase U.S. arms sales to Taiwan as part of a strategy to deter Chinese aggression in the Indo-Pacific. According to two U.S. officials, the sales under Trump’s second term could easily surpass the $18.3 billion approved during his first administration. This is a sharp reversal from the Biden years, when arms sales to Taiwan fell to $8.4 billion.
Rep. Greg Steube (R-FL) has introduced a bill to block federal funding to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) unless it adjusts its "bureaucratic stagnation" and renames the Metrorail.
The Supreme Court has stayed a lower court ruling that blocked the Trump administration's efforts to remove parole status for immigrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela.
