Plus: A judge blocks Trump’s $1.8 billion anti-weaponization fund, and a sexting scandal engulfs Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner.
Tough-on-crime outsider Aberaldo de la Espriella took the lead in Colombia's presidential race on Sunday night, setting up a runoff with Iván Cepeda, an ally of outgoing President Gustavo Petro.
President Trump on Monday urged Democrats and “seemingly unpatriotic Republicans” to stop “chirping” about Iran negotiations and allow him to hammer out a deal without pressure from both sides of the aisle. Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social that Iran “really wants to make a deal, and it will be a good one…
Senate Republicans will try to get on the same page as President Trump amid stark differences over security for a White House ballroom and a $1.776 anti-weaponization fund. Their goal is to finish a budget reconciliation package, while some in the House GOP press for a third. Plus, Trump is seeking a deal with Iran,…
She became leader of the BC Conservatives by inflaming party divisions she now must unify.
The Wall Street Journal's conservative editorial board called out the Republican Party in a new editorial on Sunday for appearing to be asleep at the wheel as Democrats telegraph how they will wield their power if they win back the House of Representatives in November. The editors argued that Democrats seem intent on expanding the Supreme Court to 13 justices, a move that they warned could reshape the institution into "a second progressive legislature" that would rule in their favor when certain laws can't pass through Congress. However, the Republicans seem to have little interest in stopping them, according to the editorial. "Democrats are telling the public they are plotting one of American history’s most destabilizing power grabs, by degrading the third branch of government. Why aren’t Republicans calling this out and defending the Court?" the editors wrote. The editors noted that the Democrats' push to reform the Supreme Court is happening at a time when the court has ruled against President Donald Trump in multiple high-profile ways. For instance, the court struck down Trump's tariff regime and has pushed back against his efforts to overturn birthright citizenship. "American courts are still independent, and the Justices are following the law and the Constitution as they see it," the editorial noted. "Democrats are free to dislike the Court’s decisions, yet they aren’t helpless," it added. "If Democrats abhor gerrymandering, they can argue for a bill to limit how, or how often, states draw House maps. But what really angers Democrats is that the Supreme Court is no longer a second progressive legislature that can impose policies they can’t get through Congress."
Australia’s populist One Nation party surged past the ruling Labor party to lead a nationwide opinion poll for the first time, highlighting voter disappointment with last month’s budget and reinforcing signs of a fracturing of the conservative side of politics.
Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner still has an active Kik account featuring a suggestive photo despite scrutiny over alleged infidelity claims.
Colombia’s dollar bonds rallied Monday after right-wing outsider Abelardo de La Espriella unexpectedly won the first-round of voting for president and went into the runoff as clear favorite against leftist Ivan Cepeda.