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Far-left President of Colombia Gustavo Petro chose to not pay respects to conservative Senator Miguel Uribe Turbay at the Colombian Congress, where he has been lying in state, and will not attend Uribe’s burial on Wednesday afternoon, local outlets reported. Instead, Petro spent much of Tuesday ranting against the United States and President Donald Trump, suggesting that he even considered barring Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau from visiting Bogotá to attend the funeral because Landau “offended” him. According to the Colombian newspaper El Colombiano, Petro will not attend Uribe’s funeral Mass and burial. Vice President Francia Márquez, who has…

On Tuesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Lead,” Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott (D) responded to a Baltimore Sun article on Baltimore residents whose neighborhoods are plagued by drug trafficking by saying that “we’re only having that discussion because the president’s having that discussion. And I want to be very clear. I didn’t read The Baltimore Sun article. I don’t read it because they’re a part of the president’s propaganda machine. So I don’t read that.” Host Jake Tapper asked, “I’m sure you read the article in The Baltimore Sun yesterday talking about how so many Baltimore residents don’t recognize their neighborhoods anymore, and…

The shooting incident has triggered a massive emergency response, footage circulating online suggests A shooting incident unfolded in the town of Gretna, southern Virginia, on Wednesday, according to US Rep. John McGuire, who confirmed multiple law enforcement officers have been shot. According to local media reports, at least three deputies received gunshot wounds while serving warrants at a home. The shooting triggered a massive emergency response, with firefighters, medics, and various law enforcement agencies arriving at the scene, footage circulating online suggests.“My thoughts and prayers are with the deputies who were shot in Pittsylvania County, as well as their families. We…

Screencap of Twitter/X video. Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass recently appeared on CNN to complain about Trump using the military to curb crime in Washington, DC. During the course of her comments, she claimed that crime in her city is down, which is hilarious. Every other week we hear about a celebrity’s home being robbed, not to mention the rioting that happened when ICE conducted raids in the city. Bass says that you can’t use the military based on people’s feelings. That’s rich coming from a member of the party of feelings. Transcript via Grabien: BASS:… you don’t deploy the…

Late-night talk show host Jimmy Fallon said President Donald Trump will know in two minutes if a deal with Russian President Vladimir Putin is possible, “because according to Stormy Daniels, two minutes is plenty.” “The White House said that President Trump’s upcoming meeting in Alaska with Vladimir Putin will take place in the city of Anchorage,” Fallon said during a recent episode of NBC’s The Tonight Show. “The White House also said that the meeting with Putin will be a listening exercise for Trump,” Fallon continued. “And we all know listening and exercise are Trump’s two favorite things, so this should go well.” The late-night host…

On Tuesday’s edition of NBC’s “Meet the Press Now,” D.C. City Council Chair Phil Mendelson (D) stated that “when it comes to crime, there is how people perceive and what the reality is, and perception is clearly a challenge, and we need to make folks feel safer. The President’s rhetoric, though, makes the challenge harder for us.” After listening to criticism of the City Council from a D.C. resident, Mendelson said, “Well, there certainly are some residents who are disgruntled with local government. But the reality is that crime is the lowest it has been this century. Crime this year…

Texas’ recent move to redraw its congressional maps has sparked a political fight that could reshape representation ahead of the 2026 midterms. Beyond partisan strategy, the dispute carries major implications for Hispanic communities—particularly in states where their votes are decisive. Texas and the power of the Hispanic vote. Texas is not only a growing Republican stronghold but also one of the states with the largest Hispanic population—about 40% of residents are of Hispanic origin. Over the past decade, Hispanic voters have played a decisive role in both state and federal races, and their geographic distribution directly influences how many seats…

A federal grand jury in the District of Columbia has indicted one of Haiti’s most notorious gang bosses, Jimmy “Barbecue” Cherizier, for conspiring to violate U.S. sanctions. The grand jury indictment, issued on July 17 but not unsealed until Tuesday, named Cherizier and a North Carolina resident, Bazile “Fredo Pam” Richardson, as the leaders of a massive conspiracy to circumvent U.S. sanctions and finance Cherizier’s criminal activities. Two other unnamed co-conspirators were described in the document. The conspiracy included soliciting money from Haitians living in the United States and using it to pay for guns and salaries for Cherizier’s foot…

The Optimal Tariff Is Much Higher Than We Thought In a working paper circulated this spring, economists Oleg Itskhoki of UCLA and Dmitry Mukhin of the University of Wisconsin-Madison revisit one of the most controversial questions in international economics: when, if ever, should a country impose tariffs? Their answer, framed in elegant mathematical terms and grounded in the financial realities of today’s global economy, is both surprising and—perhaps unintentionally—vindicating of the Trump administration’s trade agenda. Their central claim is straightforward. Even in a financially sophisticated and deeply globalized world, there is still an optimal tariff for a country like the…

On Tuesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “The Last Word,” Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) said that big city police departments in cities with Democratic mayors “could probably use some support” from the National Guard, but President Donald Trump is just engaging in “more diversion.” Host Lawrence O’Donnell said, “Senator, it looks like Democratic big city mayors better be ready for National Guard troops entering their cities in September, especially September 3, when there is a press conference that is going to be scheduled with Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell victims, that press conference, probably, in Washington, D.C., joined by members of Congress.”…