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Cyclospora in produce, salmonella in Chipotle's jalapeños, salmonella in eggs. Three outbreaks, 6,915 sickened, running at once. The agency meant to catch it is missing 80 percent of its senior staff and has no confirmed director. Eat at your own risk.

The CDC has lost more than a quarter of its workforce since January 2025. The Lancet reports 80 percent of its top positions are vacant, roughly 2,000 staff fired, another 300 on administrative leave. There is no confirmed CDC director.

DRC's Ebola outbreak is now the second largest ever recorded, 3,532 cases, 1,556 deaths. USAID funding to DRC fell from $1.2 billion in fiscal 2024 to $67 million by the final quarter of fiscal 2025. The CDC has lost a quarter of its workforce since January 2025.

The administration banned travelers and set up Ebola screening at four US airports, the visible response. Meanwhile it dissolved USAID, left the WHO, and cut aid to the countries where Ebola is raging, the response that actually contains it. You stop Ebola in Ituri, not at a checkpoint in Atlanta.

After the 2025 US aid cuts, the International Rescue Committee cut its Ebola operations in Ituri Province from five health zones to two. Ituri is now the epicenter of the second-largest Ebola outbreak on record. The US dissolved USAID and left the WHO. The response infrastructure is gone.

In March, 26 senators warned that dissolving USAID and leaving the WHO would cripple the US response to disease outbreaks. Months later, the DRC Ebola outbreak is the second-largest on record and spreading faster than any before it. The senators' words: "those risks are no longer theoretical."

The US led the response to the last DRC Ebola outbreak through USAID. This administration dissolved USAID, left the WHO, and cut aid to the DRC. Now the second-largest Ebola outbreak on record is the fastest-spreading ever. A former USAID official: the backbone "just isn't there anymore."

🧵Blanche "rescinded" the $1.8 billion fund for Trump's allies to win confirmation. But the settlement says it can be modified only with all parties' written agreement, Trump, his sons, the Trump Organization. Only Blanche signed. A conservative legal analyst says the fund can be revived at any time.

this country is against the sexualization of children, why is child marriage still legal in 37 states? A federal bill to end it, sponsored by Durbin, Schatz, and Gillibrand, sits in Congress unpassed. The outrage runs hot at drag shows and cold at the actual marrying of children

That Hill op-ed arguing welfare needs ID to stop "trillions" in fraud was written by Michael Greibrok of the Foundation for Government Accountability, a think tank that lobbies to restrict benefits. It is not reporting. It is an advocacy group placing talking points on a respected masthead.

Welfare doesn’t check if you’re really you, and fraudsters have noticedIn every other part of our lives, Americans are tracked and scanned and verified. This is the age of Ring cameras, CAPTCHA and internet cookies. But suddenly, when it comes to welfare programs, we’…share.google

Axios, sourced to Trump's closest advisers: Trump is indifferent to losing the House and Senate in November. He plans to use pardons to protect allies, dictate the 2028 GOP nominee, and exploit the presidency for fundraising. Advisers: "You're as powerful as your bank account says you are."

Trump's final act beginsHe really doesn't care if his party loses control of Congress.share.google

Trump announced Saturday he called off Iran strikes because "perimeters of a deal has been agreed to." Iranian state media: Tehran never asked him to stop and claimed he retreated. The Strait of Hormuz status remains contested. Saudi Arabia's crown prince pushed for deescalation. CNN.

The DOJ ignored New Mexico AG Torrez's July 31 deadline for unredacted Epstein Zorro Ranch files. Blanche promised cooperation. The SDNY said it would not cooperate. Torrez: "Every day that goes by is another day that we have delayed delivering justice for the survivors."

New Mexico AG Torrez set a July 31 deadline for the DOJ to share unredacted Epstein Zorro Ranch files. The deadline passed Friday. The DOJ did not respond. Blanche had promised cooperation. The SDNY called Torrez to say it would not cooperate.

Capital One closed more than 300 Trump Organization accounts in 2021 after a review by its anti-money-laundering team. Friday's court filing marks the first time a bank has formally tied AML concerns to Trump's business. Trump sued claiming political discrimination. Guardian, Aug. 1.

Capital One says it closed Trump Organization’s accounts after anti-money-laundering reviewDisclosure from 2021 investigation marks first time a bank has formally tied money-laundering concerns to Donald Trumpshare.google

Federal prosecutors moved to dismiss the Reflecting Pool vandalism case against David Hearn, telling the court the damage traced to a botched contractor installation. Hours later, Trump rejected his own Justice Department's finding, calling it "a pure case of VANDALISM" on social media.

Prosecutors move to dismiss Reflecting Pool vandalism case, saying 'botched installation' to blameThe government had accused David Hearn of ripping a piece of sealant after a $14-million renovation. Hearn has repeatedly said that he simply touched the water in the pool out of curiosity last month.www.npr.org

Blanche told senators the $1.8 billion anti-weaponization fund was scrapped, "period." Saturday, Trump posted that if Cornyn and Tillis block his confirmation, he will push the same fund into law. Cornyn lost his primary to Trump's endorsed challenger. Tillis is not seeking reelection.

A Senate Homeland Security report, released today, finds the administration removed more than 1,300 people whose job was preventing terrorism, and narrowed the domestic-terror focus to the left while ignoring the far right. The office that stops school shootings now answers to a 22-year-old.

They took the DHS office that prevents school shootings and domestic terrorism, cut it from 45 staff to a handful, and drove out its director, a West Point-trained Army veteran. His successor, per his own resume, previously did lawn care and worked a grocery register. He is 22.

William Braniff, a West Point graduate with two decades in national security, ran the DHS office that prevents school shootings and domestic terror. DOGE cut his staff. He resigned. His replacement is a 22-year-old whose prior work, per his own resume, was lawn care and a grocery clerk shift.