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In the news today: Trump calls Colombia's Petro an 'illegal drug leader' and announces tariffs and cuts to aid; Israel resumes ceasefire in Gaza; and a new poll looks at how Americans are feeling about their chances on the job market. Also, Amazon said its cloud computing service is recovering from a major outage, disrupting online activity around the world.
The Oct. 19 edition of Morning Wire was missing a link to the story "Iowa superintendent detained by ICE falsely claimed he was a US citizen, indictment says." That story can be found here. |
President Donald Trump speaks to reporters aboard Air Force One, Sunday, en route to Joint Base Andrews, Md. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
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Trump calls Colombia's Petro an 'illegal drug leader' and announces tariffs and an end to US aid
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The United States will slash assistance to Colombia and enact tariffs on its exports because the country's leader, Gustavo Petro, "does nothing to stop" drug production, President Donald Trump said Sunday, escalating the friction between Washington and one of its closest allies in Latin America. Read more.
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- In a social media post, Trump referred to Petro as "an illegal drug leader" who is "low rated and very unpopular." The Republican president warned that Petro "better close up" drug operations "or the United States will close them up for him, and it won't be done nicely." Petro rejected Trump's accusations and defended his work to fight narcotics in Colombia, the world's largest exporter of cocaine.
Petro and Trump have been at odds over American strikes on boats in the Caribbean. On Sunday, Petro accused the U.S. government of assassination, pointing to a Sept. 16 strike that he said killed a Colombian man named Alejandro Carranza. Petro said Carranza was a fisherman with no ties to drug trafficking, and his boat was malfunctioning when it was hit. The White House and the Pentagon did not immediately respond to requests for comment on Petro's accusations.
- Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth also announced the latest U.S. strike on a vessel that was allegedly carrying "substantial amounts of narcotics."
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How Americans are feeling about their chances on the job market, according to an AP-NORC poll
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Americans are growing increasingly concerned about their ability to find a good job under President Donald Trump, an Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll finds, in what is a potential warning sign for Republicans as a promised economic boom has given way to hiring freezes and elevated inflation. Read more. |
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Some 47% of U.S. adults are "not very" or "not at all confident" they could find a good job if they wanted to, an increase from 37% when the question was last asked in October 2023.
Electricity bills are a "major" source of stress for 36% of U.S. adults. Just more than one-half said the cost of groceries are a "major" source of financial stress, about 4 in 10 said the cost of housing and health care were a serious strain and about one-third said they were feeling high stress about gasoline prices.
- The survey suggests an ongoing vulnerability for Trump. Trump's popularity on the economy has remained low amid a mix of tariffs, federal worker layoffs and partisan sniping that has culminated in a government shutdown.
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Israel resumes ceasefire in Gaza and says aid deliveries will restart Monday
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Gaza's fragile ceasefire faced its first major test Sunday as Israeli forces launched a wave of deadly strikes, saying Hamas militants had killed two soldiers, and an Israeli security official said the transfer of aid into the territory was halted. The military later said it resumed enforcing the ceasefire, and the official confirmed that aid deliveries would resume on Monday. Read more. |
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| Health officials said at least 36 Palestinians were killed across Gaza, including children. Israel's military said it struck dozens of Hamas targets after its troops came under fire. A senior Egyptian official involved in the ceasefire negotiations said "round-the-clock" contacts were underway to de-escalate the situation.
- Israel also identified the remains of two hostages released by Hamas overnight. Hamas, in the past week, has handed over the remains of 12 hostages.
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A meteor shower streak across the sky above the Nicholas U. Mayall Telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory, southwest of Tucson in the Tohono O'odham Nation, in 2023. (NSF/NOIRLab via AP)
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How to watch the Orionid meteor shower, debris of Halley's comet
The Orionids — one of two major meteor showers caused by remnants from Halley's comet — will peak on Tuesday morning with the arrival of a new moon, providing an excellent opportunity to see shooting stars without interference from moonlight. Viewing lasts until Nov. 7. |
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