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FILE - In this June 30, 2019, file photo, U.S. President Donald Trump, left, meets with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at the border village of Panmunjom in Demilitarized Zone, South Korea. North Korea on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2019, said the U.S. redesignation of Pyongyang as a sponsor of terrorism is dimming prospects for nuclear diplomacy between the countries. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

The U.S. Coast Guard has announced it is providing a base for U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents in the San Francisco area. The San Francisco Chronicle reports that 100 federal agents are expected to arrive at the base in Alameda starting Thursday. San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie and California Gov. Gavin Newsom have condemned the move, saying it is meant to provoke protests. President Donald Trump has repeatedly mentioned deploying National Guard troops to the city over crime concerns, as he has in other Democratic cities. Local and state leaders say crime in San Francisco is at record lows, and they have vowed legal action.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says in a social media post the U.S. military conducted its eighth strike against an alleged drug vessel. The Tuesday night strike occurred in the eastern Pacific Ocean. The seven previous strikes all targeted vessels in the Caribbean. According to Hegseth, the strike killed two people, bringing the death toll from all the strikes to at least 34 people. In a brief video released by Hegseth, a small boat, half-filled with brown packages, is seen moving along the water. Several seconds into the video, the boat explodes and is seen floating motionless on the water in flames.