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The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) reported on Sunday that the number of confirmed Ebola cases in the current outbreak has reached 1,274, with 360 fatalities. At least one of the new Ebola cases was recorded in the province of Haut-Uele, near the DRC’s borders with South Sudan and the Central African Republic (CAR). This makes Haut-Uele the fourth Congolese province to report Ebola cases, following the original outbreak zone of Ituri and the neighboring North and South Kivu provinces. To date, about 90 percent of Ebola cases from the outbreak have been located in Ituri. According to provincial…
President Donald Trump on Monday took action to give Americans more freedom to fix their cars’ emission systems. Trump signed a presidential memorandum to the Environmental Protection Agency while flanked by the agency’s administrator, Lee Zeldin. “I think it’s very important; going to lower the price of your car, and it’s going to lower the price of fixing your car. It has to do with affordability, it has to do with a lot of things,” Trump said. Zeldin emphasized that the Trump administration is not seeking to crack down on Americans working on their own cars, as “past administrations have”…
In the end, it was not a good night for former President Joe Biden on Saturday following a caustic speech at a Democrat political summit, where he appeared confused and not sure how to exit the stage. Video of the moment he left the lectern has gone viral, serving as a reminder of the same kind of difficulties when he was the country’s 46th president. The exit has once again provided ample ammunition for critics of the former president. In fact, Sunday on X, Biden’s trademark stage confusion inspired a comedic AI-generated video portraying Biden as a ranting basketball coach…
The House Rules Committee advanced a procedural measure aimed at breaking an intra-Republican deadlock Monday night. But GOP leaders are still facing a major battle Tuesday to regain control of the House floor. The panel approved on party lines a measure to set up Republicans’ $1.1 trillion defense policy bill, a government funding bill and other GOP bills for floor debate. It would then combine the Pentagon bill, once passed, with the contentious elections overhaul known as the SAVE America Act and send it to the Senate as one piece of legislation. That maneuver, telegraphed by Speaker Mike Johnson earlier…
A third of under-35s are back home – not from laziness, but because housing, debt, and shaky jobs have priced independence out A record 25.2 million young American adults (about 33%) under 35 have returned to the family nest as the cost of living has become prohibitive.There is a stereotype of Americans living at home with their parents as freeloaders, living in the basement and spending their ample free time playing video games. That is far from the reality. Around 70% of young adults (ages 25 to 34) living at home are actively employed and use their income to contribute to…
A 26-year-old Chinese man was killed when a natural arch in Malta known as the “Kissing Elephants” collapsed on him as he was jet-skiing beneath it late Saturday. The incident happened after a 32-year-old American tourist dove off the arch and the rocks collapsed onto the other man, trapping him underwater, the Times of Malta reported Sunday. A Chinese woman who had been on the jet ski with the victim was injured and hospitalized, while the American reportedly did not need to go to a hospital. Photos showed before and after views of the rock arch: The tragedy happened on the…
Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union,” Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE) said Secretary of War Pete Hegseth’s dismissal of senior officials has hurt the military. Host Jake Tapper said, “We’re seeing this administration take what I think it’s fair to call a more political approach to military advancement. And the Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth, who has served in combat, forced out the top U.S. Army commander in Europe this week, General Christopher Donahue, a rising star and one of the most respected members of the military. He previously did the same to General Randy George. And we’ve seen a…
Alaska voters will be seeing double on their primary ballots in August. The state’s top court said Monday that a retired teacher named Dan J. Sullivan can appear on the ballot as a Republican alongside incumbent GOP Sen. Dan S. Sullivan — a ruling that reverses a top election official’s decision to disqualify the challenger. The new ruling appears to end a bizarre saga that has dominated Alaska politics for weeks. And it could hurt Sen. Sullivan’s effort to fend off a challenge from his Democratic opponent, former Rep. Mary Peltola, in a contest that could decide control of the…
There are indeed some reasons for men to suspect women in power of being men – just maybe not the ones you think In a recent piece for RT, “Why weird men try to put penises on powerful women,” my dear and insightful colleague Rachel Marsden addresses the current tendency of men to trash women who make it to the top, and focuses on the examples of Michelle Obama and Brigitte Macron. These two individuals have indeed been considered by many as men in disguise.It is very true that there’s currently in the West (only in the West, really) a conflict between…
Police said a 28-year-old Mexican man was killed when a crocodile attacked and dragged him into the sea on Friday in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. Officials with the Jalisco State Police said the incident happened when the man was on the beach near the Marriott Puerto Vallarta Resort and Spa, ABC News reported Monday. The creature apparently grabbed the man and dragged him into the water around 6:00 p.m., and the victim’s body was found 300 meters offshore early Saturday after a search and rescue operation was launched. A couple from San Clemente, California, who were vacationing in the area said…