5 things to know for June 18: North Korea, Undocumented spouses, Summer heat, LGBTQ+ rights, Boeing [Video]

A US Secret Service member was robbed at gunpoint during President Joe Biden’s recent trip to California for a Hollywood fundraiser. Police say they have not found the suspect, who also stole the Secret Service member’s bag during the startling ordeal.

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1. North Korea

Russian President Vladimir Putin is making a rare trip to North Korea today as he deepens an anti-West bond with leader Kim Jong Un. It is Putin’s first trip to the country in more than two decades and the first time another world leader has been invited into the isolated capital of Pyongyang since the Covid-19 pandemic. The US, South Korea and other countries have accused North Korea of providing substantial military aid to Russia’s war effort in Ukraine, while observers have raised concerns that Moscow may be violating international sanctions to aid North Korea’s development of its nascent military satellite program. It …