The Biden administration has hailed South Korea as a model democracy and bolstered military ties as it relies on the country as a bulwark against North Korea, China and Russia.
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President Yoon Suk Yeol of South Korea visited President Biden at the White House last year.
A conservative, Mr. Yoon won the presidency in 2022 by a slim margin, promising a more confrontational stance against North Korea. He quickly became unpopular and divisive at home.
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Yoon Suk Yeol, the president of South Korea, in Seoul in 2022.
President Biden wants to make it more difficult for President-elect Donald J. Trump to repeal his signature legislation, which sent money flowing to Republican districts nationwide.
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President Biden in Chandler, Ariz., where he announced that his administration would award billions of dollars in funding to bolster the nationโs semiconductor industry.
Michael R. Bloomberg, the former New York City mayor and a public health advocate, is asking Senate Republicans to persuade President-elect Donald J. Trump to โrethinkโ Kennedyโs nomination.
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Michael R. Bloomberg said President-elect Donald J. Trump deserved credit for the fast-track initiative that produced coronavirus vaccines and also chided Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for claiming that the Covid-19 shot was the โdeadliest vaccine ever made.โ
On Wednesday, the justices will hear the marquee case of the term, a challenge to a Tennessee law banning several forms of medical care for transgender youths.
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The Supreme Courtโs decision, expected by June, may determine the fate of the law and similar ones in more than 20 other states.
An estimated 197 million people shopped from Black Friday to Cyber Monday, the National Retail Federation said, fewer than last year but surpassing the groupโs expectations.
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As a whole, consumer spending, the engine of the U.S. economy, has remained relatively robust.
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