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President Trump is responding to reporting by The Washington Post that says Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered a second strike on a drug cartel boat back in September.

It came after the first strike killed all but two people who were left clinging to this side of the boat.

Speaking with reporters on Air Force One Sunday, Trump says Hegseth told him the story is not true.

Critics say that if a second strike was approved, it would amount to murder.

The White House has announced a new effort to increase artificial intelligence research and innovation.

They're calling it the Genesis Mission, and the plan will involve national labs, universities, and the private sector.

Ampere's Deepa Shivram has our reports.

Indonesia says the death toll from this week's flooding on the western island of Sumatra has reached 435 people.

Southeast Asia has been battered by storms in the past several weeks.

Michael Sullivan reports from Thailand.

Asian stock shares have started the week mostly down.

Tokyo's benchmark Nikkei average fell almost 2% after the release of data showing weak factory activity in November.

In Seoul, meanwhile, the KOSPI slipped 0.2%, while Taiwan's TAIX lost 1%.

Futures for the S&P 500, meanwhile, were down 0.7%.

Dow futures were also down.

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