
Brazil's scandal-plagued President may face a reckoning as lawmakers consider impeachment
CNN
Corruption inquiries, a spreading Covid-19 crisis, plunging popularity and persistent bouts of the hiccups. Brazil's scandal-plagued President Jair Bolsonaro just can't seem to catch a break ahead of presidential elections next year.
The President said he's now feeling "100% well" after his recent health scare, a consequence he says of a failed assassination attempt in 2018, telling TV Brasil, "If God wishes, I'll fulfill this mission until the last day." But that last day may come sooner than expected, with a majority of Brazilians for the first time in favor of lawmakers launching impeachment proceedings against their controversial leader, according to recent polling.
Janet Mills and her allies are counting on a gender gap to narrow Platner’s wide lead ahead of the June 9 primary to decide who will face incumbent Republican Sen. Susan Collins. They are betting that the unfiltered style that has brought Platner widespread attention as someone who could help Democrats reach young men will backfire with women.

As a shrinking number of Transportation Security Administration agents work to keep hourslong security lines moving despite not being paid, President Donald Trump stepped into the fray Saturday, announcing he will send Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers to airports by Monday if Congress doesn’t agree to a plan to end the partial government shutdown.











