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U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announced Sunday a plan to upgrade the U.S. military command in Japan, a country he described as indispensable in combating Chinese aggression.

«We share a warrior ethos that defines our forces,» Hegseth told Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani in Tokyo, adding that Japan is «our indispensable partner» in «deterring communist Chinese military aggression,» including across the Taiwan Strait.

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Hegseth said Japan is a «cornerstone of peace and security in the Indo-Pacific» and that the Trump administration would continue to work closely with the Asian country.

HEGSETH SAYS US TO BOOST TIES WITH PHILIPPINES AS DETERRENCE AGAINST CHINA: ‘PEACE THROUGH STRENGTH’

Pete Hegseth and Gen Nakatani

Pete Hegseth, U.S. secretary of defense, and Gen Nakatani, Japan’s defense minister, shake hands while posing for photographs prior to their meeting at the Ministry of Defense in Tokyo, Japan, on Sunday, March 30, 2025. (Reuters)

Last year, then-President Joe Biden’s administration announced a major restructuring of the U.S. military command in Japan to deepen coordination with the country’s forces, as the two allied countries called China their «greatest strategic challenge.»

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The change will place a combined operational commander in Japan, who would be a counterpart to the head of a joint operations command established last week by Japan’s Self-Defense Forces.

Hegseth’s high praise for Japan contrasts with his criticism of European allies in February, telling them they should not assume the U.S. presence in the region would last forever.

Pete Hegseth, U.S. secretary of defense, and Gen Nakatani, Japan's defense minister

Pete Hegseth, U.S. secretary of defense, and Gen. Nakatani, Japan’s defense minister, meet at the Ministry of Defense in Tokyo, Japan, on Sunday, March 30, 2025. (Reuters)

U.S. President Donald Trump has complained that the bilateral defense treaty in which the U.S. government vows to defend Japan is not reciprocal. In his first term, Trump said Japan should fork over more money to host U.S. troops.

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Japan hosts 50,000 U.S. military personnel, squadrons of fighter jets and America’s only forward-deployed aircraft carrier strike group along a 1,900-mile East Asian archipelago that hems in Chinese military power.

This comes as Japan doubles military spending, including money to purchase longer-range missiles. But the operational scope of its forces is limited by its U.S.-authored constitution – adopted after its defeat in World War Two – which renounces the right to start war.

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Pete Hegseth, U.S. secretary of defense, and Gen Nakatani, Japan’s defense minister, attend a joint news conference at the Ministry of Defense in Tokyo, Japan, on Sunday, March 30, 2025. (Reuters)

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Hegseth and Nakatani agreed to accelerate a plan to jointly produce beyond-visual-range air-to-air AMRAAM missiles and to consider working together on the production of SM-6 surface-to-air defense missiles to support a shortage of munitions, Nakatani said.

The Pentagon chief said he asked Nakatani for greater access to Japan’s strategic southwest islands, along the edge of the contested East China Sea near Taiwan.

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In his first official visit to Asia, Hegseth traveled to Japan from the Philippines.

On Saturday, he attended a memorial service on Iwo Jima, the site of fighting between U.S. and Japanese forces 80 years ago.

Reuters contributed to this report.

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Quién es el inmigrante musulmán izquierdista que revolucionó Nueva York y puso en crisis al Partido Demócrata

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Joven, sin gran experiencia política, inmigrante africano, musulmán, declarado “socialista” y marcadamente pro-palestino. Zohran Mamdani, el inesperado ganador de la interna del Partido Demócrata, revolucionó el tablero político de Nueva York y es el gran favorito para convertirse en el próximo alcalde de una de las ciudades más progresistas de los Estados Unidos.

Mamdani, de 33 años, es la antítesis de todo lo que representa hoy Donald Trump. Pero sus posturas radicales, con las que capturó la atención del voto joven y migrante, comienzan a asustar al ala moderada o más inclinada a la derecha del partido.

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Sus propuestas políticas parecen sacadas del manual de la izquierda latinoamericana: congelamiento de alquileres, transporte y jardines maternales gratuitos, dignidad para los trabajadores y una serie de ideas de elevado perfil social, como la creación de supermercados populares administrados por la alcaldía, que llevaron al presidente a calificarlo de «lunático comunista 100%“.

Así, los demócratas corren riesgo de caer en una nueva interna abierta el día de las elecciones locales, previstas para noviembre, con la dispersión del voto liberal hacia candidatos “independientes” que se escindan de su propia fuerza. La mesa política ya está servida.

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¿Puede Zohran Mamdani ganar la alcaldía de Nueva York?

Una verdad política implacable sostiene que el ganador de la interna demócrata neoyorquina tiene asegurado su acceso a la alcaldía. Los demócratas suelen derrotar con facilidad a los republicanos en esta ciudad cosmopolita y que le dio la espalda a Trump en las últimas elecciones presidenciales. La diferencia suele ser de 6 a 1 a favor de los demócratas sobre sus rivales republicanos.

A simple vista, Mamdani parte como favorito para las elecciones locales. Pero hay una luz roja encendida que titila en su camino. Su vehemente posicionamiento a la izquierda y con un respaldo firme a la causa palestina, causa una enorme desconfianza en el propio electorado demócrata inclinado hacia la derecha del partido. Se estima que en la ciudad viven unos 960.000 miembros de la comunidad judía, el 12% de la población neoyorquina que mira con absoluto estupor la adhesión de Mamdani a la campaña “Free Palestine”.

Zohran Mamdani ganó la interna demócrata (Foto: REUTERS/David ‘Dee’ Delgado)

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De hecho, su principal rival en noviembre no será el postulante republicano, Curtis Silway. Mandami deberá sortear una nueva primaria abierta después de ganar la interna celebrada este martes.

En ese escenario, tendrá como grandes obstáculos a dos viejos compañeros de partido reconvertidos en “independientes” y que representan al centro o la derecha demócrata.

Uno de ellos es el actual alcalde moderado, Eric Adams, golpeado por una denuncia federal por soborno finalmente desestimada y que evitó la interna para no quedar pegado a una campaña que podría haber puesto en un primer plano esa investigación. El otro es el centroderechista Andrew Cuomo, el exgoberandor del estado jaqueado por acusaciones de acoso sexual y al que Mamdani acaba de derrotar en las primarias por siete puntos de ventaja.

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El “gran tapado” de las elecciones podría ser el exfiscal adjunto por el Distrito Este de Nueva York, Jim Walden, otro “independiente”.

Adams no esperó un día para salir a pegarle a Mamdani sin contemplaciones: “Es un vendedor de ilusiones”, dijo en declaraciones a Fox & Friends. Según afirmó, todas sus propuestas son inviables. El miércoles se reunió con un grupo de influyentes empresarios neoyorquinos para analizar cómo detener el avance de la amenaza socialista.

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Scott Rechler, director ejecutivo y presidente de la empresa de bienes raíces RXR Realty, uno de los arrendadores más importantes de la ciudad, respaldó a Adams: “Se busca un liderazgo que refleje lo que es Nueva York. Es la capital del capitalismo”, dijo, citado por The New York Times.

Andrew Epstein, portavoz de Mamdani, le respondió: dijo que los empresarios están asustados porque temen un alza de los impuestos a los ricos para financiar la futura agenda social.

Zohran Mamdani y su esposa Rama Duwaji (Foto: REUTERS/David 'Dee' Delgado)

Zohran Mamdani y su esposa Rama Duwaji (Foto: REUTERS/David ‘Dee’ Delgado)

¿Por qué un radical de izquierda ganó la interna demócrata?

Mamdani ganó las internas porque supo llegar a los jóvenes con sus propuestas para abaratar los carísimos alquileres que se cobran en la ciudad. Además, captó la atención de las comunidades latinas, con populares videos en español en redes sociales en los que él mismo se presentó como migrante en momentos en que decenas de miles de hispanos son deportados a sus países de origen.

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Pero también les habló a los votantes en urdú, el idioma que hablan la mayoría de los migrantes indios y paquistaníes, sin descuidar la campaña en inglés dirigida a las clases medias a la que le cuesta cada vez más quedarse a vivir en la ciudad por los elevados costos de los alquileres. A los ricos solo les prometió que le cobraría más impuestos.

En síntesis, supo forjar una nueva coalición política multirracial, aunque todavía debe mejorar su llegada a la comunidad afroamericana, que se inclinó mayoritariamente por Cuomo en la interna. Los votantes afrodescendeintes constituyen el bloque electoral más importante del Partido Demócrata.

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“Mamdani parecía estar en todas partes”, resumió la columnista del Washington Post, Karen Tumulty. En un artículo de opinión publicado este jueves, escribió que el joven dirigente de origen ugandés “identificó correctamente” los problemas que hacen cada vez más inaccesible vivir en esta ciudad, más allá de que “sus políticas pueden no ser la solución» a la crisis.

“Lo más importante que los demócratas del establishment deberían aprender de Mamdani es la lección que ofrece al abordar lo que probablemente sea el mayor problema del partido: reconectarse con los votantes más jóvenes”, indicó Tumulty.

Para la analista política, “entrar en pánico por un candidato que se autodenomina socialista no es la solución. En cambio, los demócratas deberían analizar detenidamente su propia imagen y comprender por qué, en lugar de mirar hacia el futuro, siguen presentando figuras imperfectas e inaceptables de un pasado no tan glorioso”, afirmó.

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Pero el fenómeno Mamdani parece ser solo local. En general Nueva York suele tener un ecosistema político propio. Sus alcaldes nunca llegar a tener una gran proyección nacional, como les sucedió por ejemplo a Rudy Giuliani, Mike Bloomberg o Bill de Blasio.

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The Supreme Court installed a tighter timeline for removable migrants to challenge their deportations as part of its decision on Thursday in a case involving a Jamaican immigrant who had tried to avoid being sent back to his home country.

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The Supreme Court found that once migrants receive a final order of removal, a 30-day window for them to seek review of that order is triggered. 

The ruling was roughly 5-4, with the three liberal justices dissenting and Justice Neil Gorsuch joining most of the dissent.

Pierre Riley, the Jamaican national at the center of the case, had followed the law and challenged his final removal order in the immigration court system. But when he attempted to seek review from the appellate court of the immigration court findings, the appellate court said its hands were tied because it had been more than a year since Riley had received his initial removal orders.

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Riley came to the United States on a six-month visa three decades ago. He never left, was arrested and convicted of drug felonies, and served in prison until 2021.

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Immigration and Customs Enforcement moved to deport him to Jamaica in January that year, kicking off the weedy legal process involving Riley challenging his removal.

The chain of events that ensued showcases how migrants facing removal can end up going down a windy due process road in the immigration and federal courts.

In this case, Riley had 10 days under the law to challenge his removal in an immigration court, and he did. He argued that although he was removable, returning to Jamaica would put his life at risk because a drug kingpin there had killed two of his cousins and would likely go after him, too.

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Riley invoked what is known as a «convention against torture» rule, which migrants can use to contest being deported to their home country.

An immigration judge, who is an administrative judge working within the Department of Justice, granted Riley «withholding of removal» to Jamaica, meaning he could be deported, just not to Jamaica.

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Justices Samuel Alito and Sonia Sotomayor. (Getty)

The government appealed the immigration ruling to the Board of Immigration Appeals, which overturned the immigration judge’s finding, meaning Riley could once again be deported to Jamaica.

Migrants’ next avenue of appeal is to ask a federal circuit court to review their deportation order, and Riley did this.

But upon reviewing Riley’s case, the appellate court found Riley was too late. The appellate court said that it had no jurisdiction to help him because the original removal orders he received in January 2021 are what set off a 30-day deadline to seek review of his deportation.

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Writing for the majority, Justice Samuel Alito acknowledged the «legitimate practical concerns» of Riley’s case but said the law assumed immigration cases would be handled expeditiously and that the 30-day deadline being triggered right at the time a migrant is ordered removed should, in theory, be a non-issue.

«The Government reminds us that such proceedings have often lasted many months and even years. . . . That is surely not what Congress anticipated when it enacted the streamlined procedure,» Alito wrote in a footnote.

Attorney Dilan Esper noted on X that Thursday’s order could shed light on a recent controversial emergency order the Supreme Court issued this week that cleared the way for the Trump administration to deport migrants, including a group of men bound for South Sudan, to countries they are not from.

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The order on Thursday indicated that the law does not offer a clear avenue for migrants to raise convention against torture claims for third countries after they receive final removal orders.

Justice Sonia Sotomayor said in her dissent the majority opinion in Riley’s case did not make logistical sense.

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«In holding that Riley was required to file his appeal 16 months before the order he sought to challenge existed, the court surely moves from the border well into the heartland of illogic and absurdity,» Sotomayor wrote.

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Iran’s supreme leader slams Trump just days after US strikes on nuclear sites

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The ceasefire between Israel and Iran did not stop Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei from firing off a post on X, slamming President Donald Trump.

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«The U.S. president stated, ‘Iran must surrender.’ Needless to say, this statement is too big to come out of the U.S. president’s mouth,» Khamenei wrote.

On June 17, a few days before the U.S. carried out the strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities, Trump took to Truth Social to demand an «unconditional surrender» from Tehran. In a separate message on the same day, Trump said the U.S. had «complete and total control of the skies over Iran.» 

Trump also took a swipe at Khamenei himself, saying that the U.S. knew where the Iranian leader was hiding.

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«We know exactly where the so-called ‘Supreme Leader’ is hiding,» Trump wrote. «He is an easy target, but is safe there — we are not going to take him out (kill!), at least not for now. But we don’t want missiles shot at civilians, or American soldiers. Our patience is wearing thin.»

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks in a televised message, after the ceasefire between Iran and Israel, in Tehran, Iran, Jun. 26, 2025. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader/WANA (West Asia News Agency)/Handout via Reuters)

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«Under President Trump’s leadership, Operation Midnight Hammer was executed perfectly — obliterating Iran’s nuclear capabilities and bringing them to the table for a ceasefire. This historic outcome was only possible because of America’s military might and the strength of our Commander in Chief,» White House Deputy Press Secretary Anna Kelly told Fox News Digital. 

Khamenei’s remarks appeared aimed more at projecting strength than reflecting reality. 

Following Iran’s attack on Al-Udeid, the American airbase in Qatar, Khamenei bragged that Iran «delivered a heavy slap to the U.S.’s face.» However, Trump called it a «very weak response» before revealing that Iran gave the U.S. «early notice» of its planned retaliation.

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«Iran has officially responded to our obliteration of their nuclear facilities with a very weak response, which we expected, and have very effectively countered. There have been 14 missiles fired — 13 were knocked down, and 1 was ‘set free,’ because it was headed in a nonthreatening direction. I am pleased to report that NO Americans were harmed, and hardly any damage was done,» Trump wrote. «I want to thank Iran for giving us early notice, which made it possible for no lives to be lost, and nobody to be injured.»

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Iran’s supreme leader Ali Khamenei and President Donald Trump consider direct military engagement. Apr. 1, 2025 (Khamenei: West Asia News Agency, Reuters; Trump: SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

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Since Israel launched its operation against Iran, Khamenei has been in hiding and, according to Reuters, his family is being guarded by the Vali-ye Amr special forces unit of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps. Some believed — and even hoped — that the end of the nuclear program would also mean the end of the Islamic Republic’s rule; however, reports of an internal security crackdown have made the possibility of regime change seem less likely.

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President Donald Trump is shown in the Situation Room next to an image of the damage done to Iran’s Fordow nuclear facility on Jun. 21, 2025. (The White House; Maxar Technologies via Reuters)

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The regime is reportedly carrying out mass arrests and executions. The Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) said Monday that 705 individuals had been arrested in Iran on «political or security-related charges.» Many of the charges involve allegations of espionage on behalf of Israel.

Three people have reportedly already been executed for allegedly spying on behalf of the Mossad, Israel’s equivalent of the CIA, NBC News reported, citing Tasnim, which is affiliated with the IRGC.

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