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Sunday’s situation report from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) tallied a total of 101 fatalities, 19 recoveries, and 550 confirmed cases in the Ebola Bundibugyo outbreak. The vast majority of the cases were detected in the eastern province of Ituri, where insurgent activity and public distrust of health officials has made detection and treatment extremely difficult. The Associated Press (AP) noted on Tuesday that the true number of Ebola infections is probably much higher than 550, because the disease spread undetected for weeks before effective treatment and contact tracing began. Even now, after massive improvements in testing and…
President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he may not renew the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), citing U.S. trade deficits with Canada and Mexico. Trump said he negotiated the agreement to replace the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), which he viewed as a flawed trade deal but suggested the United States no longer needs the pact. He added that he remains in discussions with Canadian and Mexican leaders about its future. “Well, I’m not looking to renew it,” Trump told reporters. “I made the deal and the primary reason I made the deal is that NAFTA was the worst trade…
Whoopi Goldberg defended President Donald Trump attending Game 3 of the NBA Finals to see the New York Knicks square off against the San Antonio Spurs at Madison Square Garden. Goldberg responded to criticism of the president during a segment on The View on Monday, defending Trump’s attendance as a lifelong Knicks fan. “I think anybody who’s a Knicks fan should be there,” Goldberg said. “You earned the right as a Knicks fan. I don’t have to like you.” After the show played clips of fans objecting to Trump and New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani attending the game, Goldberg…
Decades of growing moral permissiveness have stalled, with attitudes shifting on several social issues, the poll suggests Americans have become less likely to view a range of social behaviors as morally acceptable, according to a new Gallup poll.Released on Tuesday, the survey found the sharpest year-on-year declines in acceptance of having a child outside marriage, birth control, gambling, sex between teenagers, and animal cloning.Birth control remained the most widely accepted behavior tracked by Gallup, with 83% of respondents saying it was morally acceptable. However, support fell seven percentage points from 2025, reaching its lowest level since the question was first…
The Russian Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday that cooperation with the new Syrian government is “developing very actively” and could lead to Russia keeping some military bases that it feared losing when its client Bashar Assad was overthrown in December 2024. “Within the framework of contacts with Syrian partners, the issue of Russia’s military presence in Syria is also being discussed, including in the context of a possible reformatting of the functionality of Russian military facilities,” Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said. Zakharova was particularly optimistic about prospects for the Tartus naval base, which was established in 1971 and…
Bill Maher slammed the establishment press for “mischaracterizing” what slain conservative icon Charlie Kirk actually believed. “I liked him as a person,” Maher said of Kirk. “I do not think he was a monster.” “They’re doing a documentary [on Kirk], and they asked if I would be in it,” Maher revealed during Monday’s episode of his Club Random podcast, adding, “I said yes.” “And I told them, ‘Don’t expect me to be just saying, you know, hey geography about Charlie.’ I liked him as a person,” Maher continued. The Real Time with Bill Maher host then disclosed that he is glad…
President Donald Trump laid out twin demands for new party-line Republican legislation Wednesday night, directing lawmakers to deliver a massive Pentagon cash infusion and to push through an election overhaul that has stalled for weeks in the Senate. Trump detailed his request for the bill, to be passed under budget reconciliation rules that can avoid a filibuster from Senate Democrats, in a Truth Social post calling on the GOP to act “IMMEDIATELY.” “No games, no delays, and no weak compromises!” he wrote. “Do this ASAP.” The legislation would be Republicans’ third attempt at a reconciliation bill this Congress, following last…
Karmelo Anthony’s defense argued he pulled a knife on Austin Metcalf in self-defense, with supporters claiming the case was about racism A Texas jury has convicted 19-year-old Karmelo Anthony of first-degree murder and sentenced him to 35 years in prison for fatally stabbing fellow student Austin Metcalf during a high school track meet last April.Anthony’s supporters argued that the case carried racial overtones and maintained the black teenager acted in self-defense during the confrontation with the 17-year-old Metcalf, who was white.The unanimous verdict was returned on Tuesday at the Collin County Courthouse in McKinney. Anthony will be eligible for parole…
Leaders of the protests against construction of an American-built treatment center for Ebola in Kenya claim police shot one of the demonstrators in the head on Tuesday, fired live rounds at other demonstrators, and “arbitrarily arrested” 19 people. Protest leader Patrick Wahome and several eyewitnesses told Reuters about the killing of the demonstrator on Tuesday, and two Reuters reporters “saw the body lying motionless with a large wound to the head in the back of a police van,” although they did not witness the shooting. Kenya Human Rights Commission (KHRC), a non-profit group, claimed “hooded police officers” attacked demonstrators and…
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