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The mayor of Chicago, Brandon Johnson, rejects the idea of President Trump to deploy federal troops to patrol in Chicago. At the end of last week, the president discussed the sending of national guard troops to the city, just as he did in Washington, DC Johnson says that Trump’s plan is illegal, incompetent and uncoordinated. The mayor has also cited city data showing that Chicago has dropped to certain violent crimes in the past year, including homicides, flights and fire.
The mayor of Chicago, Brandon Johnson, attended a press conference in January. This weekend, Johnson described President Trump’s threat to send the National Guard to Chicago “not coordinated, useless and unrelated”.
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- 🎧 The remarks that Trump made on Chicago on Friday were not a deployment of a plan, but he seemed to have moved the city at the top of his listTamara Keith of NPR says First. The governor of Illinois, JB Pritzker, does not want the National Guard to Chicago said that what Trump does is “a trial for a police state”. Keith says it was clear that what the president does in the national capital is a trial for other cities. Since the start of Washington’s federalization two weeks ago, the White House has announced hundreds of arrests. A significant number of them were the application of immigration.
Trump will meet the South Korean president Lee Jae-Myung for a summit in Washington today. The long -standing alliance of the two countries is on the table, while South Korea has rejected American pressure to refocus the country’s soldiers to dissuade North Korea in the fight against China. Managers should also discuss the end details of a trade agreement concluded last month.
- 🎧 To reduce American prices on South Korean exports by 25% to 15%, the country has promised an investment of $ 350 billion in the United StatesSaid Anthony Kuhn of NPR. Trump says the United States will obtain 90% of the profits, but South Korea does not agree, because most money will take the form of loans and not direct investments. The United States also wants South Korea to readjust its military strategy, which Lee says that his country cannot easily agree. Kuhn says that South Korea could be open to flexible on problem solving beyond North Korea, but he does not want to be trained in a conflict with China.
Friday, the FBI searched the home and the office of John Bolton, the former national security advisor of Trump. He served during Trump’s first term for a little over a year and has since become critic of the president. The FBI move occurred the same day that the Ministry of Justice published transcriptions of its interview with Ghislaine Maxwell, a long -standing accomplice of the sexual offender Jeffrey Epstein. Maxwell was complementary to Trump and said that she had never seen Trump or eminent men with Epstein, according to her interview with the Tedd Blanche sub-procurer last month.
- 🎧 Maxwell is interested in a kind of leniency, which could be a reduction in the sentence or a forgiveness – something that Trump could provideAccording to Ryan Lucas of NPR. Maxwell is serving a 20 -year prison sentence for helping Epstein recruit, groom and exploiting young girls. The president, as part of his campaign, promised revenge against his perceived political enemies. But he said he did not know the FBI search on Bolton. This survey concerns classified documents, according to the doj.
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Former American president George W. Bush talks to the Lieutenant-Général Retired of the US Army Russel Honélé on the Flying Bridge of the USS IWO Jima on September 20, 2005 in New Orleans, the.
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This week marks 20 years since Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf coast, bringing a wake of destruction with it. Following Katrina, Lieutenant-General of the Army, Russel Honoré, became a familiar name, conducting the efforts of recovery as a commander of the joint processing force Katrina. Since then, storms have become stronger and climatic disasters have become more frequent. Honoré says that the lessons of Hurricane Katrina remain widespread today. Learn more about his work over the years and listen to the way he urges people to prepare for future disasters.
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A view of the newly paved rose grove is seen at the White House in Washington, DC, on August 6, 2025. The American president Donald Trump converted the grass part of the rose garden into a terrace space, inspired by his Mar-A-Lago club in Florida.
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The White House gives an emblematic rose garden an youthful treatment and the work is almost finished. Since his return to functions in January, Trump has been on a mission to renovate. He exchanged grass in the garden with stone, transforming what had been a patio lawn. The Switch has a striking resemblance to a popular characteristic of the president’s seaside resort in Palm Beach, Florida. Although the lawn has disappeared, the flowers will remain a must. The Rose Garden dates back to the Kennedy administration. Discover this look at the popular garden over the years, including new renovations.
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Michigan’s tourism campaign has created the new perfume to promote the state. It is sold as a mixture of Michigan beach days, vineyards, lavender fields and laughter.
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- Michigan’s tourism campaign, Pure Michigan, has created a room and a body spray for the summer. Perfumes are intended to promote the state as a destination for conscious travel.
- Ashley Ludlow’s mother died in the hospital in 2005. After the wishes of her mother, Ludlow made the decision difficult not to put her back, a choice that weighed heavily on her. A few days after the death of her mother, a nurse contacted her. The unknown hero offered words of comfort on the decision that Ludlow had made.
- SpaceX postponed its 10th test launch of its massive starship rocket yesterday due to a technical problem. But don’t worry, space lovers. If they can overcome the problem, there is a chance that they will try today or tomorrow.
This newsletter was edited by Suzanne Nuyen.
