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South Koreans want their own nukes. That could roil …

FILE - In this photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, center, visits a Russian aircraft plant that builds fighter jets in Komsomolsk-on-Amur, about 6,200 kilometers (3,900 miles) east of Moscow, Russia, on Sept. 15, 2023. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. Korean language watermark on image as provided by source reads: "KCNA" which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP, File)

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Senator: White House not seeking conditions on military …

President Joe Biden speaks to the media before boarding Air Force One at Pueblo memorial Airport in Pueblo, Colo., Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2023, to travel back to Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Biden visits Boebert’s district to reject Republican criticism …

President Joe Biden greets workers after speaking at CS Wind, Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2023, in Pueblo, Colo. (AP Photo/Jack Dempsey)

Jill Biden brings a holiday ice rink to the White House …

1988 Olympic figure skater Brian Boitano, left, skates next to first lady Jill Biden during the unveiling of the White House Holiday Ice Rink, located at the south panel of the South Lawn of the White House, Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Vice President Harris will attend COP28 climate conference …

John Kerry, U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate, rides in a cart ahead of the COP28 U.N. Climate Summit, Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2023, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

Congress is eying immigration limits as GOP demands border …

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., looks over papers before he takes questions from reporters outside the Senate chamber, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023. President Joe Biden's nearly $106 billion aid package for Ukraine, Israel and other needs is sitting idle in Congress as Republicans are insisting on U.S.-Mexico border policy provisions in exchange for any new U.S. dollars for Ukraine in its fight against Russia. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Families of American hostages in Gaza describe their anguish …

From left, Yael Alexander and Adi Alexander, parents of Eden Alexander, who was taken hostage by Hamas during the Oct. 7 attack on Israel, listen to Liz Hirsh Naftali, great aunt of Abigail More Edan, who was kidnapped but returned in the recent hostage release in Israel, as families and victims of the Hamas attacks meet with the House Foreign Affairs Committee, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2023. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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FILE - Former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally Saturday, Nov. 11, 2023, in Claremont, N.H. (AP Photo/Reba Saldanha, File)

Lawmakers can ‘vote their conscience’ on expelling …

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., and House Republicans meet with reporters to discuss their efforts to investigate President Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2023. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Conservative Supreme Court justices seem open to …

FILE - The U.S. Supreme Court is seen at near sunset in Washington, on Oct. 18, 2018. The Supreme Court is hearing arguments in a challenge to the Securities and Exchange Commission's ability to fight fraud, part of a broader attack on regulatory agencies led by conservative and business interests. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

GOP considers holding formal vote to authorize Biden …

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., meets with reporters to discuss GOP efforts to investigate President Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2023. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Toppled White House Christmas tree is secured upright, …

In this image made from video, the National Christmas Tree lies on the ground in front of the White House after it fell, Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023, amid high winter winds. (AP Video)

Trump embraces the Jan. 6 rioters on the trail. In …

FILE - Republican presidential candidate and former President Donald Trump speaks to Texas state troopers and guardsmen at the South Texas International Airport, Nov. 19, 2023, in Edinburg, Texas. Trump's lawyers are arguing that he had a good faith basis to question the outcome of the 2020 election that he lost. A defense motion filed late Monday in federal court in Washington asserts that Trump was not obligated to accept at face value the judgments of government officials who found no widespread fraud in the election. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

Senate Majority Leader Schumer warns that antisemitism …

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., answers questions from reporters outside the Senate chamber, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023. President Joe Biden's nearly $106 billion aid package for Ukraine, Israel and other needs is sitting idle in Congress as Republicans are insisting on U.S.-Mexico border policy provisions in exchange for any new U.S. dollars for Ukraine in its fight against Russia. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)