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Sohei Kamiya Brings Trump-Style Populism to Japan’s Election

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Martin Fackler
With his calls to limit foreign workers, fight globalism and put “Japanese First,” Sohei Kamiya has brought a fiery right-wing populism to Japan’s election on Sunday.

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Sohei Kamiya, the leader of an upstart right-wing political party called Sanseito, delivering a campaign speech this month at Takasaki Station in Gunma Prefecture, north of Tokyo.

Japan Election 2025: What to Know

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Martin Fackler
Shigeru Ishiba of the long-governing Liberal Democratic Party could face calls to resign if his party fares poorly in Sunday’s Upper House elections.

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Supporters putting up election campaign posters this month on a bulletin board in Tokyo.

Astronomer CEO Andy Byron Placed on Leave After Video at Coldplay Concert Exposes Alleged Affair

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Sadiba Hasan
A video from a concert dominated internet discourse as people joked about a man and woman who appeared very upset to be shown on camera.

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Chris Martin of Coldplay at a June performance that went off without incident. This week, a scene at a Coldplay concert caused a stir online as it may have revealed an extramarital affair.

Under Trump, a New Focus for a Birth Control Program: Helping Women Get Pregnant

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Caroline Kitchener and Sheryl Gay Stolberg
A little-noticed plan for an “infertility training center” signals that the administration intends to take a new approach with Title X, which has long helped low-income women access contraception.

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The Trump administration is aiming to refashion Title X, a 55-year-old program focused on providing birth control to millions of low-income women, to combat infertility instead.

Rubio Restricts U.S. Criticism of Tainted Foreign Elections

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Michael Crowley and Julian E. Barnes
A State Department cable telling officials to avoid comments on the “fairness or integrity” of most elections continues a U.S. turn away from promoting democratic values abroad.

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Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in a department cable that public comments on foreign elections “should be brief, focused on congratulating the winning candidate and, when appropriate, noting shared foreign policy interests.”

Justice Dept. Asks Federal Court to Unseal Epstein Grand Jury Testimony

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Benjamin Weiser and Luke Broadwater
The president has been under intense political pressure from his base after Attorney General Pam Bondi withheld portions of investigative files on the disgraced financier.

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Jeffrey Epstein was indicted six years ago on sex-trafficking charges but died in jail about a month after he was arrested.

A Brief History of CBS’s Late-Night Eras

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Derrick Bryson Taylor
With the hosts Merv Griffin, Pat Sajak, David Letterman and Stephen Colbert, CBS has taken many runs at late-night TV. Some were more successful than others.

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When “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” ends permanently in 2026, CBS will be getting out of a business it has been in for more than five decades.

Sarepta Refuses FDA Request to Stop Shipping Muscular Dystrophy Drug Elevidys

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Rebecca Robbins and Christina Jewett
The regulator had asked Sarepta Therapeutics to halt all shipments of its therapy, Ele­vidys, after three patients died from liver failure after taking it or a similar treatment.

Elevidys, a gene therapy administered as a one-time intravenous infusion, is intended to slow the progression of Duchenne muscular dystrophy, which causes muscles to deteriorate.

When It Comes to Jeffrey Epstein, Trump Says He Is Ready to Defer to the Courts

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Mattathias Schwartz
After months of pushing back against federal judges and the courts, the president has requested the release of Epstein-related grand jury testimony to be “subject to Court approval.”

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President Trump at the White House this week. He asked the attorney general on Thursday to seek the court’s permission to release pertinent grand jury materials relating to Jeffrey Epstein’s indictment for sex trafficking.

In Response to Epstein Letter Report, Trump Says He Doesn’t ‘Draw Pictures’

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Tyler Pager
The president disputes reporting from The Wall Street Journal that he drew a picture for Jeffrey Epstein, but as a real estate mogul, he often sketched for charity.

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Donald Trump created this drawing of the Empire State Building for a charity auction in 1995, where it sold for $100. In 2017, during his first presidency, it sold for $16,000.
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