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A Colombian Hercules C-130 military transport plane carrying soldiers came down shortly after takeoff on Monday At least 66 people were killed after a Colombian military Hercules C-130 transport plane crashed shortly after takeoff on Monday in the southern province of Putumayo. Many others were injured, while rescue and evacuation operations continued into the night.The aircraft went down near Puerto Leguizamo, a remote Amazonian municipality near the borders with Peru and Ecuador, within a few kilometers of the airport after reporting trouble soon after departure.The Colombian armed forces and local officials gave varying figures for the number of people on board as…

Social media users mercilessly mocked and shamed pop star Chappell Roan amid allegations that her security guard confronted a mother and her 11-year-old daughter and accused the child of “harassing” the singer because she walked past her table and smiled at a restaurant in Brazil. Rio de Janeiro Mayor Eduardo Cavaliere banned Roan from performing in his city, in response to Italian-Brazilian professional soccer player Jorginho accusing the “Pink Pony Club” singer of sending her security guard to intimidate his 11-year-old stepdaughter for “admiring” her. Jorginho said Roan’s staff left the young fan — who is actor Jude Law’s daughter —…

Monday on CNN’s “The Arena,” Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) said President Donald Trump was “lying” about negotiating with the Iranians. Host Kasie Hunt said, “Senator, let me just put that to you. Who do you think is telling the truth?” Van Hollen said, “Unfortunately, we’ve learned that Donald Trump has been lying to the American people from the start, and he keeps lying to the American people, which is never a good thing.” Hunt said, “You believe the Iranian officials over the president of the United States?” Van Hollen said, “I believe that based on all the information that‘s available and…

It only took a five-week shutdown of a major Cabinet agency, but the GOP’s reconciliation dreams have new life Tuesday morning. Senate Majority Leader John Thune said in an interview Monday night that a brewing Homeland Security spending deal has lent new momentum to the push for another party-line bill. That bill would fund immigration enforcement — and potentially much more. “If we end up going down that route, we’ll try and make the most of the opportunity,” he told POLITICO. That’s a big tell from Thune, who up to now has been noncommittal on the idea of a second…

Hundreds of square kilometers of territory up to the Litani River should be seized, Bezalel Smotrich has said Israel should seize vast swathes of land in southern Lebanon as part of its ongoing campaign against Hezbollah militants, Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich has stated. The new border should be moved all the way to the Litani River, located nearly 40 kilometers from Lebanon’s southern border with Israel, he said on Israeli radio on Monday.West Jerusalem started a military campaign against Hezbollah in early March after the Lebanese-based militant movement launched waves of strikes on the Jewish state in retaliation for the…

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced a new wave of airstrikes against regime infrastructure in Tehran on Monday, even as President Donald Trump said “good and productive” talks with Iran could bring the conflict to an end soon. The Israeli military said a “wide-scale wave of strikes” against Tehran began on Sunday night and were followed by a second round of strikes on Monday. Al Jazeera News correspondents in Tehran reported detonations of “unprecedented” intensity on the eastern side of the Iranian capital while Iranian air defenses sought to repel American and Israeli drones. “One person was killed after a…

President Donald Trump stopped at Graceland before heading back to Washington, DC, on Monday following a Memphis Safe Task Force roundtable in Tennessee. Trump told reporters how much he admires Elvis Presley, the King of Rock and Roll, and his music. “I love Elvis. Elvis, you know, they all say, ‘Did you know Elvis?’ I knew Frank Sinatra. I knew most of them. Unfortunately, I never met Elvis, and that would be one I would have liked a lot, but I do like his music,” Trump said. Trump told reporters that this was his first-ever visit to Graceland. “I’ve never…

Though much of the media now expresses doubt about Trump’s war, the moral foundation of anti-war opposition has largely disappeared, replaced instead by a narrow strategic debate over costs, risks, and political consequences. Doubtless, the war launched by US President Donald Trump is not popular among ordinary Americans. According to the latest public opinion poll, only a minority of Americans—part of the dwindling core of Trump’s supporters—believe that the US-Israeli aggression against Iran has merit. According to a Reuters/Ipsos poll conducted in early March 2026, only 27 percent of Americans approve of the US-Israeli strikes on Iran—while 43 percent disapprove and 29 percent are…

Far-left President of Colombia Gustavo Petro is the subject of several ongoing probes by U.S. federal prosecutors over his alleged ties to drug traffickers, several outlets reported over the weekend. The left-wing New York Times, citing three unnamed sources, first reported on Friday that Petro was being investigated by U.S. attorney’s offices in Manhattan and Brooklyn to determine if Petro met with drug traffickers and if his presidential campaign solicited donations from them. The separate investigations, according to the Times, are in the early stages and have involved the participation of agents from the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and Homeland Security Investigations…

“Germany made a huge strategic error” by rushing to shut down its nuclear power plant fleet, a mistake which has exacerbated the energy crisis in Europe, the director of the International Energy Agency said. The Turkish economist who has led the International Energy Agency (IEA) for over a decade, who is engaged in shuttle diplomacy to persuade first world producer nations to stop throttling their own domestic oil and gas extraction, has said the present contraction in supply would be less severe had Germany not bottled it in the past decade and rushed to become nuclear-free. Instead, Germany declared it…