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By Caitlin Tremblay

Good morning. Today we have a look at the legality of the U.S. military’s boat attacks in the Caribbean. Plus, there will be a hearing in former federal prosecutor Maurene Comey's lawsuit against the Trump administration over her July firing; the DOJ’s new office dedicated to enforcing the Second Amendment is due to open today; and a federal judge will hold a hearing in a DOJ lawsuit over states’ voter registration lists. Rare palms in Rio are having a once-in-a-lifetime bloom. Here’s all your frond-page news.