At least 177 new measles cases have been reported in the last week in the U.S., according to newly updated data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. A total of 910 infections have been confirmed in 24 states including Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Kentucky, Maine, Minnesota, Nebraska, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington and Wisconsin. Only six measles cases this year were from international visitors, CDC data shows.
The White House budget office is using millions of dollars from the former U.S. foreign aid agency to pay for the security detail of Russell Vought, President Donald Trump's budget chief and an architect of the government overhaul that has cut thousands of federal jobs, according to three documents seen by Reuters. The White House Office of Management and Budget, which Vought leads, is allocating $15 million of what remains of USAID operating expenses to cover the costs of his protection by the U.S. Marshals Service through the end of 2026, the documents showed.
Donald Trump is quietly gearing up to roll back some of the tariffs he promised would make the country "rich as hell" as his approval rating plummets amid an affordability crisis. The president slapped tariffs of up to 50 percent on steel and aluminum imports last summer, boasting that the move would provide a "big jolt" to U.S. industry. But in a humiliating retreat, and keeping true to the nickname he has earned for his chaotic approach to trade policy""TACO," short for "Trump Always Chickens Out""Trump now plans to scale back some of these tariffs as cost-of-living pressures drag down his approval ratings, the Financial Times reported on Friday, citing three people familiar with the matter.
Five months after the assassination of right-wing activist Charlie Kirk, a wave of lawsuits reveals how Americans were investigated, fired, and in one case, arrested for their online reactions to his death. read more
Agent Charles Exum is at the wheel, and he can be seen turning sharply left towards the woman's car. The SUV creases the passenger side of the woman's car in what would barely qualify as a fender bender in other circumstances. Be advised, we've been struck! We've been struck!" one of the agents announces over the air. Exum pulls over and, in one smooth move, he slid from behind the steering wheel in his combat attire and drew his handgun. He was not so much enforcing the law as following a script that began with the Trump administration's fiction that its immigration agencies are defending the homeland against an invading horde of murderers, rapists, and pedophiles. He does not appear to have said anything as he fired five times. Here was cosplay for real, involving actual bullets. "Shots fired! Shots fired! We need backup!" one of the agents announces. read more
Airspace closure followed spat over drone-related tests and party balloon shoot-down, sources say
The unexpected but brief airspace closure in the Texas border city of El Paso stemmed from disagreements between the Federal Aviation Administration and Pentagon officials over drone-related tests, multiple sources close to the matter told CBS News.
www.cbsnews.com
Did pickled Pete get liquored up again and start some ----?
Aid cuts could cause 22m avoidable deaths by 2030
www.theguardian.com
That quite a legacy for pedo 47 and nazi Leon.