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The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) confirmed via its public health agency on Sunday that at least 2,325 people have died of Ebola infections in the current outbreak in the east of the country, making it the deadliest such outbreak in the country’s history. Experts noted that the extremely high death toll is likely not a full count of the people killed by the disease, as the World Health Organization (W.H.O.) was slow to identify an outbreak in the affected area, and that only one other known Ebola outbreak – the 2014-2016 outbreak in Guinea, Sierra Leone, and Liberia…

Iranian citizens are telling foreign media outlets that survival is growing difficult as the price of food and other basic commodities soars by 400 percent under pressure from the U.S. blockade, even as the regime in Tehran insists the food situation is under control. “I’m in survival mode,” a 33-year-old cryptocurrency trader from western Iran using the alias “Nima” told The National on Monday. Nima said his grocery bills have tripled from prices that were already painfully high before the conflict with the United States began and some items have quadrupled. He said this is forcing him to “choose between…

Fort Worth, Texas, police say an intruder died following a shootout with a homeowner on Saturday around 3:30 p.m. FOX4News reported that the homeowner entered his home and found an intruder inside. The two reportedly fought then pulled guns and exchanged gunfire. The alleged intruder and the homeowner were wounded during the shootout, with the alleged intruder succumbing to his wounds. CBS News noted that police indicated “the man who was killed had an active protective order against him involving someone who lives at the home.” WFAA pointed out that the homeowner was transported to a hospital in unknown condition for medical treatment.…

PLANT CITY, Florida — President Donald Trump voted by mail in Florida’s Republican primary, according to local voting records, even as he continues to rail against mail-in voting with wide-ranging allegations of fraud. Voting records from Palm Beach County show the president requested his ballot in late July and it was returned on Aug. 13. This is not the first time that Trump has voted by mail in his adopted home state. He voted by mail in a special election in Palm Beach County earlier this year. Florida’s GOP primary features a crowded ballot for governor that includes Trump-endorsed Rep.…

Newly declassified documents reveal salacious details about former Democrat Congressman Eric Swalwell’s relationship with Chinese spy and honeypot Fang Fang. In was previously reported that the Intel Community had a classified report detailing Democrat Rep. Eric Swalwell’s intimate relationship with Fang Fang. According to Axios, Fang Fang was a “bundler” for Eric Swalwell and other Democrat candidates but it was also reported the Chinese spy had an intimate relationship with Swalwell. A source on Capitol Hill previously confirmed to the Federalist that Swalwell indeed had a sexual relationship with Fang Fang. Despite the Chinese spy scandal, Swalwell remained on the…

Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) responded to a recent poll that found that more than half of Democrats have a positive view of socialism over capitalism, stating that “this is lunacy.” In a post on X, Fetterman warned that the Democratic Party is “becoming the party of socialism.” Fetterman also shared a screenshot of a Mediaite article regarding a CBS News/YouGov survey, which found that among Democrats surveyed, 58 percent had a positive view of socialism, while 32 percent had a positive view of capitalism. WATCH — Even Fetterman Gets It: Among the Democrats surveyed, 18 percent had a negative view of socialism,…

RT India’s Runjhun Sharma has traveled to the country to see how life has changed under Taliban rule Afghanistan has marked five years since the Taliban swept back to power amid a chaotic US withdrawal. Celebrations have been held across the country, with officials describing Afghanistan as safer and “free.”The US invaded Afghanistan in late 2001 following the September 11 attacks, for which Washington identified Al-Qaeda as being responsible. The group’s leaders, including Osama bin Laden, were based in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan at the time. US forces withdrew as the country’s Western-backed government rapidly collapsed and the Taliban recaptured Kabul in…

Image via @allthingsfresno/Instagram Disturbing videos posted on Instagram by a special education teacher in California have prompted a police investigation. Kenisha Daily, a special ed teacher at Madera Unified School District in Fresno, posted videos holding a gun where she suggested it was time for Black people to create a “Black mafia,” “shoot some guns,” and “rob some white people.” Image via KFSN Image via KFSN On Saturday night, the videos were quickly reported to Madera Unified by concerned followers. KMPH reports that authorities conducted a home visit, which resulted in a temporary restraining order and an ongoing investigation. “MUSD…

Fans of Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham on leftist echo chamber Reddit can no longer post her name on the WNBA subreddit after moderators filtered it amid the ongoing debate over transgender athletes in women’s sports. The New York Post reports that the WNBA subreddit has banned the name of Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham from its forum, preventing users from posting about the 30-year-old player even on her birthday. The forum’s moderators will not allow users to use the words “Cunningham,” “Sophie,” “sc,” “scunningham,” “soph,” or “sophiacunningham,” according to the subreddits new rules. One user, @Adventurous_Hope_101, shared a private…

Chinese dictator Xi Jinping celebrated the life of communist predecessor Jiang Zemin at a ceremony marking the latter’s would-be 100th birthday on Monday, noting that Jiang, as the leader who took over China following the Tiananmen Square massacre, “implemented the correct decisions” to crush anti-communist dissent. Jiang Zemin was president of China and head of the Communist Party from 1993 to 2003, promoted in the aftermath of the Tiananmen Square massacre after serving as mayor of Shanghai. His “achievements” in office include the brutal persecution of pro-democracy dissidents, pioneering live organ harvesting from Falun Gong practitioners, and the silencing in…