Colombia’s president-elect suspended the ongoing transition process with President Gustavo Petro on Tuesday, accusing the outgoing leader of plotting a coup to stay in power. Petro denied the legitimacy of President-elect Abelardo de la Espriella’s victory in the June 21 runoff election on Monday, claiming that Espriella’s defeat of the left-wing candidate, Senator Iván Cepeda, was fraudulent, according to the Associated Press (AP). Right-wing candidate Espriella, who was endorsed by President Donald Trump, defeated Cepeda by a narrow margin of one percent. Petro was the first leftist candidate elected president in Colombia’s history. (RELATED: ‘I Am The Tiger’: Trump-Backed US Citizen Set To Take Power In Colombia, Wants…Open
Darline Graham Nordone, the late senator Lindsey Graham’s younger sister, has the backing of President Donald Trump and Sen. Tim Scott to serve out the remainder of her brother’s term.
Published July 13, 2026 WASHINGTON, D.C. — Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) is facing renewed criticism after delivering an impassioned speech at the “People’s Conference for Palestine,” where she denounced America’s political institutions as being built [...]
President Trump said the United States could collect tolls or fees, despite Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio saying no country could do so.
The US Navy recovered the body of Cmdr. Gabriel Edwards on Tuesday following an emergency helicopter landing in the Arabian Sea. The 102-hour rescue and rescue effort covered more than 14,000 square miles before the Navy found the missing sailor Sunday afternoon local time, the U.S. Naval Forces Central Command/U.S. 5th Fleet wrote in an X post. The search operation came after one of the U.S. 5th fleet’s helicopters had an “emergency water landing ” in the sea July 1. The Navy uses the MH-60S Seahawk helicopter for anti-surface warfare, combat support, humanitarian disaster relief and organic airborne mine countermeasures, per its website. (RELATED: One Missing After Helicopter Makes ‘Emergency Water Landing’ Near Iran, US…Open
After weeks of speculation, the 84-year-old Kentucky senator is finally explaining what landed him in the hospital, releasing both a lengthy statement and what many are calling a “proof of life” photo alongside his wife, Elaine Chao. #mitchmcconnell #kentucky #senator
