The Daily Populous

Thursday November 6th, 2025 morning edition

image for Why Is Colombia’s President Provoking Trump?

If Petro is a drug lord, does that mean that the United States might go to war with Colombia, too?.

Toward the end, Petro suggested that David (presumably Colombia) could beat Goliath (presumably America) in a conflict.

Read: The president who did everything right and got no thanks.

The moment was rather stunning, not least because the Colombian president seemed so blasé.

Instead, the scandal made him more popular, and Petro later credited this official with making him president.

“Now he’s found the most powerful and important one, which is the president of the United States.”.

Petro’s supporters tend to argue that America is the one insulting Colombia’s president, and they are inclined to rally around him. »

Mississippi Democrats Break Republican Senate Supermajority

Authored by mississippifreepress.org

After six years, Mississippi Democrats have broken the Republican Party’s supermajority in the Mississippi Senate.

In the Mississippi Pine Belt region, Democrat Johnny DuPree won Senate District 45, previously held by Republican Sen. Chris Johnson of Hattiesburg.

Democrats will likely hold 18 Senate seats when the Mississippi Legislature returns to session in January 2026. »

FAA will reduce flights at 40 busy airports across the US starting Friday if shutdown continues

Authored by cnn.com
image for

Ten percent of air traffic at 40 busy airports would be cut, potentially impacting thousands of flights, though the details of how many and which specific airports will be cut was not announced.

The announcement comes as air traffic controller staffing shortages during the shutdown are delaying an increasing number of flights throughout the country.

Controllers, like Transportation Security Administration screeners, are considered essential employees and must work during the shutdown, but are not being paid. »

HUGE blow to Nintendo: head of U.S. patent office takes RARE step to order reexamination of “summon subcharacter and let it fight in 1 of 2 modes” patent – games fray

Authored by gamesfray.com

Words that are underlined link to explanations in our IP Lingo dictionary unless the underlined passages explicitly refer to other articles.

It relates to claims 1, 13, 25 and 26 of the patent.

If they fall, which we believe will most likely happen, the remaining ones (which depend on those claims) will fall as well. »