Lula wins fourth term, Bolsonaro refuses to concede; Trump calls El-Sayed ‘jihadist’

Lula wins another term in Brazil, but his opponent isn't accepting defeat

Now he wants the results thrown out. Plus, President Trump goes after Abdul El-Sayed over his religion, and the Democrat fires right back

I'm here to keep a jihadist from becoming a United States senator

So, with Donald Trump, you can't blame him for this. He's just done

And two candidates, almost the same name. Now the Trump administration wants a court to step in before Alaska certifies its Senate election

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Hey everybody, I'm Christian Bryant. Hope you had a great weekend. Thanks for starting your Monday with us

Let's get you caught up. We begin this morning in Brazil where the losing candidate in Sunday's presidential election

is refusing to concede and wants the results thrown out. That's after President Lula won

re-election, defeating the son of former President Jair Bolsonaro. Flavio Bolsonaro says he'll ask

for the results to be annulled after a last-minute court decision extended voting by two hours Sunday

The extension was requested by both campaigns, following transportation problems in some areas

and heavy rain in others. But Bolsonaro says the rules were changed in the middle of the election

Brazil's electoral court says the extra voting time did not affect the results

With all votes counted, Lula finished with nearly 52 percent, about 4.4 million votes ahead of

Bolsonaro. Tens of thousands of supporters poured into the streets to celebrate his victory

Lula, a frequent critic of President Trump, is now set to begin his fourth term in January

But first, Bolsonaro is trying to overturn the results, and it's not yet clear whether

his challenge will meet the legal standard to do that. Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Carina Machado is back in her home country this morning

after nearly a year away, and she's already drawing big crowds. Machado made a surprise return Sunday, showing up at a church in western Venezuela, where

supporters cheered as she walked inside. The Nobel Peace Prize winner hugged a priest and greeted people who had gathered to see her

And as she left, supporters surrounded her vehicle with some running alongside it

Machado had been out of the country since December when she emerged from hiding to receive

the Nobel Peace Prize. Her return comes nearly 10 months after U forces captured Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro But Maduro former Vice President Delce Rodriguez is still running the country with the Trump administration support And there still no date for a new presidential election

something Machado has been pushing for. Trump was asked about Machado's return Sunday

I don't know anything about it, but I think she's a very nice woman. You gave me her Nobel Prize, so how can I say anything else? And I hope she's safe

a very nice woman. Machado presented Trump with her Nobel Peace Prize medal during a White

House visit in January. Secretary of State Marco Rubio says U.S.-backed talks helped

make her return possible. And he says Washington expects the Venezuelan government to respect

the rights of all political groups as those talks continue. President Trump is facing

criticism, including from a former political ally, over his comments about Michigan Democratic

Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed. Trump was in Port Huron Sunday campaigning for Republican Mike

Rogers, who's running against El-Sayed in one of the country's closest Senate races. During the

rally, Trump called El-Sayed a jihadist and accused him of belonging to the Muslim Brotherhood

El-Sayed has repeatedly denied any connection to the group and no evidence has been presented

showing he's a member. Trump also questioned whether El-Sayed should have access to classified

information if elected. Here's what he said. I'm here to keep a jihadist Muslim Brotherhood member

from becoming a United States senator. And that's the fact. We're not going to let that happen

He would be the only senator that will have to go through a metal detector before he's allowed

to go into the Senate. I want him to have a metal detector. If Abdul gets to the Senate

he would have access to our nation's most closely guarded national security secrets

and his vote would wield power over our military, our borders, our homeland security

and much more than that. The comments drew criticism from Bashar Baba, a founder of Arab

Americans for Trump, a group that helped the president win support from Arab American voters

in 2024. Baba called the remarks, quote, out of line and racist. Rogers has also questioned El

Syed's alleged Muslim Brotherhood connections, though he said Sunday he's never called his

opponent a terrorist. El Syed responded at a campaign event of his own, criticizing Rogers

for supporting Trump. So with Donald Trump, you can't blame him for this. He's just dumb

You can blame him for the narcissism But for Mike Rogers can you imagine how small of a human being you have to be to know that the man in front of you has real deficits

And to just nod your head approvingly at the most ridiculous shit that the man proposes

Rogers and El-Sayed are competing for the seat being vacated by Democratic Senator Gary Peters

Polls indicate the race remains close. Attorney General Todd Blanche is defending the Trump administration's lawsuit over Alaska's

Senate race and pushing back on suggestions the president is trying to interfere with the election

The Justice Department wants to stop Alaska from certifying Senate election results that

may have been affected by voter confusion. And the reason? Two candidates with nearly identical

names. Republican Senator Dan Sullivan is running for re-election against Democrat Mary Peltola

But there's also Daniel J. Sullivan Jr., a retired teacher who says he's running on his own and isn't trying to confuse voters

Republicans argue he could take away votes from the senator. On CNN Sunday, Blanche was pressed on whether the Justice Department had identified an actual crime

There could be a crime, but the real wrong here is that Alaskans are going to be confused and will not have their vote heard

So an Alaskan intends to vote for one candidate, but is confused because of the second candidate with exactly the same name, who's voted Democrat his entire life, who donated money to the other Democrat opponent, is running

Alaska's courts have already ruled both Sullivans can appear on the ballot, and the state has distinguished them, identifying the senator as a Republican and the incumbent

Alaska's other Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski says the Justice Department should never have filed the lawsuit, writing on X, quote, Alaskans don't need any help voting

Trump, who says he ordered the legal challenge, defended it again Sunday

On his own, Dan Sullivan would win easily, but the Democrats have put another guy named Dan Sullivan, in this case Daniel Sullivan, on the ballot

And that's very unfair. That's just outright cheating. so we're before the court to see what you can do. But people are totally confused

They shouldn't be confused when voting. Peltola, who's trying to flip the seat

says the administration is distracting from the issues voters care about and is asking a federal

judge to throw out the lawsuit. I feel like this is yet another diversion from the issue that

Alaskans want to talk about, which is affordability. This is exact kind of corruption

Alaskans are tired of and you know I think this is a perfect example 11 days out from the election of corruption and desperation honestly The Justice Department hasn explained how it would determine which Sullivan a voter

meant to support since ballots are secret. A federal appeals court could rule as soon as today on the Trump administration's effort

to block thousands of mail-in ballots from being counted in California. And after a rare Sunday hearing, two of the three judges appeared skeptical of the Justice

Department's case. The Justice Department wants to throw out about 20,000 ballots it says were sent to non-citizens

But California officials say the administration's list hasn't been verified and includes eligible voters

The appeals court says it'll rule as soon as possible. The DOJ wants a decision before 1 p.m. Pacific time Tuesday when a lower court is scheduled to take up the case

The administration argues that waiting could allow the disputed ballots to be counted before a judge can intervene

President Trump has long criticized mail-in voting, though he's used it himself in Florida

This time, he voted early and in person Saturday at an elections office near Mar-a-Lago

The appeals court has not said exactly when it will issue its ruling

Finally this morning, it's been more than 50 years since astronauts last walked on the moon

Now NASA is laying out its next steps to get them back there. NASA says Artemis 3 is set for mid-2027 with four astronauts spending about two weeks in orbit around Earth

They'll practice docking with test versions of lunar landers built by SpaceX and Blue Origin before attempting an actual moon landing

And NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman says there's pressure to get it right

And here we are today, very much in a new space race

And despite decades of accumulated knowledge and extraordinary advancements in technology, this race will be much closer than it ever needed to be

The goal is to put astronauts on the moon's south pole during Artemis 4 in 2028

NASA has fallen behind schedule in Artemis 3, but says it's still working toward that 2028 landing

And before astronauts arrive, the agency plans to start sending equipment and supplies to the lunar surface, with an initial cargo mission targeted for later this year

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