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President Trump will leave tonight for a multi-day trip to Asia. The trip includes a high-stakes sit-down with Chinese President Xi Jinping [[ she jeen-peeng ]] in South Korea. China and the U.S. have been involved in a trade standoff since Trump took office for the second time        The U.S.'s largest aircraft carrier is headed to the Caribbean as strikes on drug boats continue. The Pentagon said Secretary of War Pete Hegseth ordered the USS Gerald R. Ford to the Caribbean to help "dismantle Transnational Criminal Organizations and counter narco-terrorism in defense of the homeland." This comes as the U.S. carried out an overnight strike on an alleged Tren de Aragua drug boat that killed all six people on board.        Polling monitors will be sent to California and New Jersey by the Justice Department ahead of elections in those states. Attorney General Pam Bondi said, "Transparency at the polls translates into faith in the electoral process." California will vote on Proposition 50, a measure that aims to redraw the state's congressional map. Meanwhile, New Jersey will elect a new governor.        Meteorologists are explaining why the U.S. mainland haven't been hit by hurricanes so far this season. Experts say it's because the high pressure system behind the steering mechanism for the storms is weak this season. It also has to do with the storms forming further east of the U.S.        The American Heart Association is updating its CPR guidelines. Experts say the update to the life-saving technique reflects a troubling reality in the U.S. -- the growing opioid epidemic. The new guidelines offer ways of recognizing opioid overdose and how to administer the drug naloxone to reverse its effects.        This weekend's box office is expected to be topped by the anime film "Chainsaw Man - The Movie: Reze Arc." It made three-point-four-million-dollars from Thursday previews last night and is expected to bring in between eleven and 15-million-dollars in its debut. Elsewhere, "Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere" made 850-thousand-dollars and is targeting eight to 12-million this weekend.       

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