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DANES DISAGREE: A top Danish official says a “fundamental disagreement” over Greenland remains with President Trump after talks in Washington with Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio. The two sides did agree to create a working group to discuss ways to work through differences as Trump continues to call for a U.S. takeover of the Denmark’s Arctic territory of Greenland.
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WAR POWERS VOTE FAILS: Senate Republicans yesterday voted to dismiss a war powers resolution that would have limited President Trump’s ability to conduct further attacks on Venezuela. Two GOP senators reversed course on supporting the legislation. Vice President JD Vance had to break the 50-50 deadlock on a Republican motion to dismiss the bill. The razorthin vote tally showed the growing Why doonwe advance concern Capitol Hill over the president’s foreign policy ambitions.
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K-Pop sensation BTS’s comeback tour will be heading to Stanford for two concerts this May. See story on PAGE 6. AP photo.
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Yesterday Deputy District Attorney Rob Baker called his second witness A Stanford protester who is now John Richardson, 21, of Menlo Park helping the prosecution laid out yester- to testify to the jury. Richardson, who day how they used a group chat to plan is not a Stanford student, took part in an occupation of the university’s exec- the occupation and was arrested along with 12 other protesters. Richardson utive offices on June 5, 2024 BY STEPHANIE LAM
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Longtime San Mateo County Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder and Chief Elections Officer Mark Church announced yesterday he will not be seeking a fifth term. At least one candidate is preparing to run. San Mateo County Supervisor David Canepa, 50, confirmed to the Post yesterday that he plans to run for the seat, which has no term limits and an annual base salary of $317,040. Canepa, who was elected to his third term on the board last year, can’t run again. He was first elected in 2016, after being on the Daly City Council from 2008 to 2016. He’s served as board president [See RACE, page 22]
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