Will Pete Hegseth answer questions about his history with women — or will he walk away?

Tuesday, December 3, 2024

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Trump keeps his personal Thanksgiving tradition of a seething message on Truth Social alive, Vito the pug wins the 2024 National Dog Show, and House Democrats are targeted by holiday bomb threats.

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1 |Will Pete Hegseth answer questions about his history with women — or will he walk away?

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2 |Democrats blast Republicans for 'fueling a political agenda' with Covid report and push back on lab leak claim

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3 |Massive search underway after grandma fell down a sinkhole looking for her cat

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4 |A man went to get packages outside his home. Instead, he stumbled upon 2 kidnapped babies

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5 |Wall Street doesn't buy Trump vows on immigration, cost cuts

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The Big Question 

South Korea's president Yoon Suk Yeol declared martial law in a surprise late-night television address, invoking the threat from North Korea and accusing the country's opposition of paralysing the government by controlling parliament.

He did not cite any specific threats from Pyongyang and focused on his political opponents. "I declare martial law to protect the free Republic of Korea from the threat of North Korean communist forces, to eradicate the despicable pro-North Korean anti-state forces that are plundering the freedom and happiness of our people, and to protect the free constitutional order," Mr Yoon said.

South Korea's parliment then voted through a motion that called the declaration invalid.

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