Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva bucked prediction market odds with his unlikely win in the Brazilian presidential runoff election this weekend. On Sunday, Lula was rated an underdog in the election, as his odds were at 20.2 percent on Kalshi and 20.5 percent on Polymarket at noon EDT.  His opponent, Flávio Bolsonaro, the…

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent mocked former President Obama outside a Cheesecake Factory in Washington on Monday after Obama likened recent White House renovations to the famous restaurant chain during a Saturday rally. “Well, two things. This is the man who built the museum that looks like Darth Vader’s tomb,” Bessent said while exiting a Cheesecake…

A bipartisan pair of former South Carolina governors endorsed Democrat Annie Andrews over Sen. Darline Graham (R) in the state’s Senate election. Former South Carolina Govs. David Beasley (R) and Jim Hodges (D) appeared in a video for Andrews’s campaign on Monday.  “Now, over the years, the two of us haven’t always agreed on everything,”…

Six individual citizens — a civics teacher, a legal journalist, a student journalist, a human rights advocate, a historian and a media watchdog — are suing the president and Trump administration officials over the White House’s bans and restrictions on the press, according to the lawsuit filed Monday. The complaint, which named President Trump alongside…

Former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) criticized President Trump, saying Sunday he had “become a curse to Republican candidates” ahead the November midterm elections when the GOP is projected to lose the House.  “He has no idea how bad he is doing in GA. And to threaten our state that he would refuse to help…

World leaders scoffed at President Trump reportedly mulling the idea of nominating his ally former Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán as the United Nations secretary-general. Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk called the possibility “funny,” adding “just a moment ago, he was a candidate for president of the European Commission,” according to Politico. He was referring…

Republican Vivek Ramaswamy slammed opponent Democrat Amy Acton’s campaign on Sunday, saying her campaign “defamed my mother” before he released a controversial attack ad earlier this month. Appearing on Fox News, Ramaswamy was asked whether he regretted releasing an attack ad that featured Acton’s estranged mother, Donna Arthur, calling her daughter a “liar.” “I’ll tell…

President Trump declared on Sunday that Norway “sucks” after he was not selected to receive the Nobel Peace Prize. The Norway-based selection committee honored Navi Pillay, a former International Criminal Court (ICC) judge, instead. “I said to our great first lady, ‘First lady, I get the Nobel Prize in two weeks, and it’ll be an…

Nicki Minaj joined President Trump at a campaign rally Sunday and said she would support him if he chose to run again. “So, President Trump, it is an honor to stand with you every single time, and I will continue to support you forever and ever. If you run again, I will support you again,”…

President Trump confirmed on Sunday he is considering moving the White House press corps from its historic location. “Also, I am not building a swimming pool in the White House Briefing Room, and never had any intention of doing so,” he wrote on Truth Social in a lengthy post about comedian Bill Maher. “I am…

Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed criticized President Trump on Sunday, saying the president has as much regard for the Constitution as “a piece of toilet paper.” In an interview with the Rev. Al Sharpton on “PoliticsNation,” El-Sayed was asked about the numerous attacks made by the GOP and Trump about his family background and faith…

President Trump called out Michigan’s Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed on Sunday, saying he should have to pass through a metal detector to enter the Senate building.  “Anyone with that record of support for jihadists would be screened and unable to get a seat on an airplane. They certainly should not give him a seat…