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Since Trump gutted USAID in early 2025, the left hasn't won a single presidential election in Latin America. Sunday's victory for the Trump-backed candidate in Colombia makes seven straight for the right – and conservatives say the timing isn't a coincidence.

The latest: This week, Abelardo de la Espriella defeated leftist Senator Iván Cepeda. De la Espriella, a political newcomer who styles himself "The Tiger," ran on a Trump-endorsed platform:

The streak: Here's the run, oldest to newest – watch the dates against the timing of the cuts.

The money nobody's counting: By March 2025, Secretary of State Marco Rubio had axed 83% of USAID's programs – about 5,200 contracts. Here’s what these countries got in 2024, before the cuts:

Causation: Conservatives are connecting the dots out loud. Rep. Anna Paulina Luna says USAID’s shutdown has gone hand-in-hand with Latin America’s rightward swing , as Revolver News put it, USAID money built the infrastructure behind the region’s media, activism, and voter education — and once it dried up, the map changed fast.

Real talk from G: The right-wing swing across Latin America coincides with President Trump’s doctrine of hemispheric dominance that saw China effectively evicted from the Panama Canal and Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro captured by the United States and extradited for prosecution.

[Source: Daily Wire]

President Donald Trump just landed a rare bipartisan win as Congress sent him a sweeping housing bill that bars Wall Street from buying up America's single-family homes – a major affordability win for Republicans heading into the midterm elections.

The details: The House passed the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act 358-32 on Tuesday, a day after the Senate cleared it 85-5.

What does it do? It caps how many single-family homes large institutional investors can own. The bill also cuts regulation at the federal and local levels:

The institutional investor problem: Deep-pocketed Wall Street and private-equity firms armed with cash are outbidding ordinary families for the same starter homes — then renting them back to the people they beat.

The numbers: Large institutional investors hold roughly 574,000 single-family homes across the country.

The GOP opposition: The 32 Republican "no" votes were largely protesting that the SAVE Act, a voter-eligibility bill championed by Trump, wasn't bolted on.

Big picture: Despite the SAVE Act being excluded from this bill, Trump appears ready to take the win and sign the bill. With the midterm elections just four months away, he is looking for affordability wins that Republicans can point to.

The last word goes to President Trump, who back in May urged Congress to pass the bill so it would "ensure that homes are for people, not Corporations."

[Source: Fox News]

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