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President Donald Trump says the U.S. military again targeted a boat allegedly carrying drugs from Venezuela, killing three aboard the vessel.

President Lula da Silva has called a 50% tariff on Brazilian imports to the U.S. “political” and “illogical.” In a New York Times op-ed, Lula says his government is open to negotiation but insists Brazil's democracy and sovereignty are non-negotiable.

For decades across Latin America and the Caribbean, U.S. drug enforcement officials have tried to cut off narcotics trafficking by intercepting boats, trucks and even horses laden with drugs and arresting the smugglers. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said those efforts are not bold enough.

Opening statements are set to begin for the trial of a man charged with trying to assassinate Donald Trump while he played golf in South Florida last year, when he was campaigning for a second term.

A House committee has released a collection of birthday messages sent to Jeffrey Epstein, featuring entries from two U.S. presidents, Donald Trump and Bill Clinton. The messages were compiled in 2003 and include greetings from Epstein's relatives, business executives and scientists. Some notes are simple well wishes, while others are crude or sexually explicit.

The man charged with trying to assassinate Donald Trump while he played golf last year in South Florida stood before a group of potential jurors in a Florida courtroom and said he was “sorry for bringing you all in here.” Ryan Routh is representing himself in the trial that began Monday in the federal courthouse in Fort Pierce, Florida. Jury selection started Monday, with three batches of 60 jurors arriving at the federal courtroom in Fort Pierce. Routh has pleaded not guilty to charges of attempting to assassinate a major presidential candidate, assaulting a federal officer, and several firearm violations.

Protest organizers say they will focus on President Donald Trump's ongoing threats to deploy National Guard troops into cities and his continued mass deportation agenda.

Tens of thousands of supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro took the streets on Brazil's Independence Day, calling out against the Supreme Court trial that is scheduled to give a verdict against their leader in an alleged coup plot this week. President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said Brazil will not accept foreign influence in its domestic affairs, in yet another reference to persistent criticism and sanctions imposed on his country under U.S. President Donald Trump. Bolsonaro's allies have turned Sept. 7 in recent years into an annual show of political force.

Jury selection is underway in the trial of a man charged with trying to assassinate Donald Trump while he played golf last year in South Florida. The court has blocked off four weeks for the trial of Ryan Routh, but attorneys are expecting they’ll need less time. Jury selection began Monday and is expected to take three days, with opening statements planned for Thursday.

A man charged with trying to assassinate President Donald Trump last year in South Florida is set to represent himself during a pretrial conference, as final preparations are made for trial.

The message: “Reject the billionaire takeover of government and stand up for working people.”

Joe Gruters, a Trump-backed Florida state senator, was elected on Friday to serve as the Republican Party's new chairman. Former chair Michael Whatley is running for U.S. Senate in North Carolina.