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The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations stopped in Honolulu on Tuesday on her way to a meeting of Pacific Island leaders in the Cook Islands. Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield is leading the United States delegation to the 52nd Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting.

When Lāhainā resident Chester Valencia bought his home in 2019, it was the perfect fit for his family. Now he's stuck with a mortgage on a home that no longer exists. Monthly payments are still due on many homes that burned to the ground, leaving some residents worried. HPR's Cassie Ordonio has the story.

State Sen. Angus McKelvey, who represents West and South Maui, has asked President Biden to help residents who lost their homes in the fires but still face mortgage payments.

Some of Hawaiʻiʻs endangered plant life will benefit from a new multi-million dollar federal program. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced Friday that more than $5 million from the Inflation Reduction Act will go to help endangered and threatened species.

President Joe Biden is leading the U.S. delegation to this week's NATO summit in Lithuania. While the focus of the meetings is Europe, there's also a growing presence of Asia Pacific nations at the event. HPR's Bill Dorman explains why in today's Asia Minute.

A regional fishery council is warning that the Biden administration’s plan to block off U.S. territorial waters in the Pacific would end American Samoa’s tuna canning industry. HPR’s Derrick Malama has more in the Pacific News Minute.

President Joe Biden’s Advisory Commission on Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders held its first in-person meeting outside the continental U.S. in Honolulu Thursday.

President Biden has invited the prime minister of Papua New Guinea to Washington, D.C. later this year for a summit with other Pacific island leaders. The president canceled a scheduled visit to the country due to the debt ceiling crisis in Congress. HPR’s Derrick Malama has more in today’s Pacific News Minute.

The U.S. is working on increasing its diplomatic presence across a number of Pacific Islands, which some officials believe is in an effort to counter a growing Chinese influence in the Pacific region. HPR's Derrick Malama has more in today's Pacific News Minute.

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol is in the United States all this week on a multi-state visit marking the 70th anniversary of the alliance between the United States and the Republic of Korea. Washington-based Vice President of the East-West Center Satu Limaye shared the latest.