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‘Wind in his sails’: Trump racks up trade deals, delicate China truce on whirlwind Asia tour

President Donald Trump toasts with state leaders during a dinner event hosted by South Korean President Lee Jae Myung in Gyeongju, South Korea, Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

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President Trump finalized a thorny trade deal with South Korea and secured deals with Southeast Asian nations to keep minerals flowing to the U.S., while averting a full-blown trade crisis with China during a five-day trip across the Far East.

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The Department of Justice headquarters building in Washington is photographed early in the morning, May 14, 2013. (AP Photo/J. David Ake, File)

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A federal judge has quashed a subpoena the Trump Justice Department issued to QueerDoc, a firm that specializes in telemedicine for transgender individuals, saying the administration was attempting to “intimidate and coerce” the firm to stop offering its services.

The Department of Justice headquarters building in Washington is photographed early in the morning, May 14, 2013. (AP Photo/J. David Ake, File)

Judge accuses DOJ of bullying QueerDoc, rips up subpoena to transgender care clinic

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New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani talks to reporters in New York, Monday, Oct. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

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Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth looks at Bryn MacDonnell, left, acting chief financial officer at the Department of Defense, as he fields questions on the Pentagon budget from the House Armed Services Committee, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, June 12, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

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South Korean protesters march during a rally against U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs policy on South Korea, in Seoul, South Korea, Oct. 18, 2025. The signs read "No Trump." (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon) **FILE**

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An M-48 tank, which fired uranium-tipped shells in the 1970s, sits at the Nevada Test Site on Aug. 24, 1999. (AP Photo/Laura Rauch) **FILE**

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South Korean protesters march during a rally against U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs policy on South Korea, in Seoul, South Korea, Oct. 18, 2025. The signs read "No Trump." (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon) **FILE**

Senate votes to nullify global tariffs, completing trifecta of measures against Trump’s trade policy

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White South Africans demonstrate in support of U.S. President Donald Trump in front of the U.S. Embassy in Pretoria, South Africa, Saturday, Feb. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay, File)

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U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks during a joint press conference with Japan's Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi in Tokyo Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, Pool)

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FILE - A makeshift memorial grows in size at the Turning Point USA headquarters after the shooting death at a Utah college of Charlie Kirk, the 31-year-old founder and CEO of the organization, Sept. 17, 2025, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)

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This photo provided by North Korean government shows what it says a test of a sea-to-surface cruise missile at an undisclosed place in North Korea, Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025. 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)

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President Donald Trump, right, with Secretary of State Marco Rubio, second right, and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, third right, meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping at Gimhae International Airport in Busan, South Korea, Thursday, Oct. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Trump says U.S. to resume nuclear weapon tests, reversing a long-standing policy

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President Donald Trump toasts with state leaders during a dinner event hosted by South Korean President Lee Jae Myung in Gyeongju, South Korea, Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

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Signs with a photo of Charlie Kirk are seen before Vice President JD Vance speaks at a Turning Point USA event at the Pavilion at Ole Miss at the University of Mississippi in Oxford, Miss., Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2025. (Jonathan Ernst/Pool via AP)

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