Mark Carney built a global profile in 2026 by standing up to U.S. President Donald Trump. If some prediction-market traders and prominent admirers are right, the Canadian prime minister could end the year with the Nobel Peace Prize and Time magazine's Person of the Year. Carney briefly became the favorite Monday for the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize on Kalshi, a U.S.-based prediction market, when traders on the exchange put his chances at 14%. His odds later fell, illustrating the highly speculative nature of the wagering. But the buzz about the Canadian leader possibly winning the esteemed peace prize reflects the message that has raised his profile: Middle powers should band together to defend sovereignty as great powers increasingly use economic and military leverage.
Former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has officially filed for divorce from Bryon Noem following a family scandal in which her husband was accused of engaging in a "bimbofication" fetish. Kristi Noem, 54, filed to end her marriage in a South Dakota court on Monday, according to reports. It came months after photos were released of Bryon, 56, wearing pink shorts and a skin-colored top with two balloons tucked into it to look like huge breasts.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced Tuesday it would "reconsider" air-quality regulations amid Texas's diesel price "disaster." The review comes after Abbott declared a statewide disaster over diesel prices Monday, allowing him to lift other restrictions on commercial transportation. He expanded the use of dyed diesel " untaxed off-road fuel typically banned on public roadways " on Texas roads and suspended Texas Low Emission Diesel rules to the federal government limit. "Record prices put both industries at risk and raise costs for every Texas family," Abbott said in a press release. Diesel costs nearly $6.40 per gallon on average nationally, according to AAA. The fuel cost roughly 84 cents less a month ago and about $2.76 less a year ago.
Journalists, analysts and politicians were left floored Wednesday after Ken Paxton, the Texas attorney general and GOP Senate nominee, became the latest prominent Republican to criticize President Donald Trump or his midterm strategies. "Rats jumping off a sinking ship," quipped Jaime Harrison, former chair of the Democratic National Committee. The New York Times obtained and reported on secretly recorded audio Wednesday that exposed Paxton for badmouthing Trump's GOP midterm convention held earlier this month, bemoaning that "everybody's numbers dropped" after the event, describing it as "not good." read more
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