In the day's other headlines, the U.S. military says it carried out three strikes against

alleged drug boats in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing at least 14 people.

In a social media post, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the strikes were launched yesterday

and that one person survived. It marks a further escalation in the pace of the boat attacks

that began in early September.

At least 57 people have been killed in more than a dozen such strikes.

The Trump administration has provided no evidence to support its claims that the boats were

bringing drugs to the United States.

President Trump is heading to South Korea in the coming hours, where he'll meet with China's President Xi Jinping later this week.

Today, he was in Japan, where he and the nation's new prime minister, Sanai Takaiichi, signed an agreement vowing a, quote, golden age of the U.S. Japan Alliance.

Under the framework deal, the U.S. will tax Japanese goods at 15 percent, and Japan will set up a $550 billion fund of investments in the U.S.

They also signed an agreement to cooperate on critical minerals.

The pair then headed to a docked aircraft carrier, where President Trump

delivered a wide-ranging speech to troops and spoke highly of his host.

I have such respect for Japan and the country, and now I have a really great respect for the

new and incredible Prime Minister. I have to say this, the first female Prime Minister

in the history of Japan.

From there, Trump spoke at a banquet for business leaders.

To mark his visit, a number of Japanese companies

announced initiatives aimed at the US market,

involving companies like Toyota and Toshiba, among others.

Here at home, the state of Texas is suing the makers of Tylenol for allegedly hiding

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