
In Colombia's protests, pandemic pressures collide with an existential reckoning for police
CNN
Between March 2020 and April 2021, Colombian police issued 2.5 million fines for breaking quarantine orders (about 6,400 per day) -- roughly equivalent to the number of Covid-19 cases reported in Colombia over that period.
Proposed tax reforms initially sparked the protests, but security forces' response also awakened deep mistrust toward them, which in turn ignited a national, still unarticulated movement.
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.











