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The Senate Health Committee dropped plans to vote on Sean Kaufman’s nomination to lead the Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response on Thursday after a tense confirmation hearing last week that focused on vaccines. “There are ongoing conversations with the administration on the path forward for Mr. Kaufman’s nomination,” a spokesperson for the committee said in a statement. Kaufman has served as senior adviser for global affairs at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention since December. He also co-founded a biosafety consulting firm. It was unclear Thursday morning why the administration pulled the nomination, but Chair Bill Cassidy (R-La.)…

Christians continue to be killed daily across Nigeria’s Middle Belt, with Plateau State among the regions hardest hit. Courtesy of Christian Solidarity International (CSI) A Christian community leader who appealed for peace with Fulani Islamist herdsmen on July 21, 2026, was killed the following day in an attack by the same militant group. Two youths returning from an artisanal mining site were shot dead in the same attack, days after nine other members of the community had already been killed in a separate assault. The killings are the latest in a wave of violence that has left Barkin Ladi Local…

Britain’s new Prime Minister has already had to reprove one of his most senior ministerial picks after they were caught making light of the early release of prisoners in a hot-mic-moment. Prime Minister Andy Burnham has said his government ministers sharing a joke about releasing prisoners from jail early to ease overcrowding is not acceptable and it is right those involved apologised. New Minister of Defence Wes Streeting was attending a drinks function for new government ministers after Burnham became the head of government on Monday which was in the view of television cameras but, apparently, without the politicians being aware…

FCC Chairman Brendan Carr said Wednesday that ABC’s decision not to air President Donald Trump’s July 16 election security speech live will factor into the agency’s ongoing review of the network’s station licenses. Carr, the Trump-appointed chairman, told reporters the Federal Communications Commission has an open proceeding examining the early renewal of eight ABC-owned stations and that the carriage decision would surface in it, according to Variety. The chairman said the review evaluates “whether they’ve been operating in the public interest,” adding he was “sure that there are going to be points raised in that proceeding” about the network’s choice.…

Geely will manufacture electric cars at Ford’s underused plant in Spain under a deal announced by Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez A Ford factory in Spain will be used by Chinese auto-giant Geely to build electric vehicles for the European market, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has announced, confirming earlier media reports.The deal will give the automaker its first vehicle production site in the EU, allowing it to bypass the bloc’s tariffs on Chinese-made electric vehicles.Geely will build vehicles on an idle assembly line at Ford Motor Company’s facility in Almussafes, Valencia, Sanchez announced on Thursday during a visit to the…

The bloc has been forced to approve a watered-down package, including a Greek-backed exemption that allows EU companies to transport Russian LNG The EU has relented on objections from member states, granting what one diplomat has described as an “outrageous exemption,” to issue a watered-down sanctions package targeting Russia. Greece successfully lobbied to allow EU companies to continue transporting Russian liquefied natural gas (LNG) to third countries, media reports claimed on Thursday.The package, the EU’s 21st since the escalation of the Ukraine conflict in February 2022, was presented by the European Commission in June. It was designed to target Russia’s…

An 88-year-old widow living in a trailer in rural Michigan has been listed as funneling over $150,000 to Democrat causes through ActBlue. Nearly 15,000 separate donations averaging eight per day, every single day, for five years, Michigan Enjoyer first reported. The latest allegations come as ActBlue continues to face intense scrutiny from congressional investigators and federal authorities over its donor verification practices and allegations of potentially fraudulent contributions. According to Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Charlie LeDuff, 88-year-old Elizabeth Waffle was stunned after learning Federal Election Commission records attribute 14,696 separate donations totaling nearly $150,000 to her name over the past five…

Self-identified “queer” actress Jameela Jamil says “evil” Britain is “f**cked,” and going through a “race war,” and America is going through a “scarier time than ever” thanks to President Donald Trump. Jamil, who was born to a Pakistani mom and an Indian dad, appeared on the Yestergays pop culture podcast with queer hosts Justin Sylvester and Blakely Thonton when the topic of Trump, the UK, and Brexit came up. One of the hosts asked “what is it like coming to America from London at a time like this?” The question prompted The Good Place star to remind the host that…

Wednesday on MS NOW’s “The Last Word,” Sen. Gary Peters (D-MI) said he hoped that our military leaders would not follow illegal orders from President Donald Trump in the Iran conflict. Discussing Trump saying the United States would strike Iranian bridges and power plants, host Catherine Rampell asked, “What consequences would he face if he actually goes through with that threat?” Peters said, “Well, well, certainly the condemnation of the whole world community this is simply, is unacceptable. We’ll see exactly what actually happens. You know, Donald Trump says a lot of things, doesn’t necessarily mean it actually happens. I would…

Speaker Mike Johnson successfully muscled Republicans’ Recon 3.0 ball into Senate Majority Leader John Thune’s court. GOP Senators aren’t exactly thrilled to have it there. “I don’t think Senator Thune’s going to take it up,” Sen. John Kennedy told reporters Wednesday. GOP senators are likely to face a wave of pressure from the White House and House Republicans to move quickly and advance their budget resolution before August recess — the first step necessary to pass another party-line spending bill. But Thune has been frank about the rocky road the effort faces and careful not to guarantee he’ll be successful…