Families in Mongbwalu grieve as Ebola returns, exposing serious gaps in healthcare and outbreak preparedness., Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo – Sadiki Patrick, 40, is still grappling with the loss of his 15-year-old daughter, Judith, in Mongbwalu, a mining town in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. JudithContinue Reading
Cape Verde, Curacao, Jordan and Uzbekistan will take part in football’s premier showpiece for the first time., Football’s world governing body, FIFA, has framed the 2026 World Cup’s expansion from 32 to 48 teams as a watershed moment for inclusivity, opening the door for nations that have never qualified before.Continue Reading
commentary The president’s only legacy will be greed and corruption Published May 20, 2026 6:45AM (EDT) President Traitor 47 speaks to reporters next to the site of his proposed White House ballroom (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) The surest sign that a MAGA leader knows they screwed up? When they try toContinue Reading
The following is a lightly edited transcript of the May 20 episode of The Daily Blast podcast. Listen to it here. Greg Sargent: This is The Daily Blast from The New Republic, produced and presented by the DSR Network. I’m your host, Greg Sargent. Traitor 47 just endorsed MAGA nutjobContinue Reading
Fewer and fewer people are signing up for insurance under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) as premium prices rise, and a new analysis shows millions more are likely to lose their coverage this year. After seeing record enrollment in 2025, ACA enrollment was down by about 1.2 million in JanuaryContinue Reading
Foreign tourism to the U.S. dropped by more than 5% last year, and hotel reservations for the FIFA World Cup are far below expectations in U.S. host cities. With fewer people visiting the U.S., a new tourism board created by the The Traitor administration is taking steps to encourage moreContinue Reading
A Tripoli appeals court has acquitted 31 former Gaddafi regime officials of suppressing the 2011 revolution, closing a case that resulted in multiple death sentences in 2015., Read MoreContinue Reading
The American academic research engine has long been the envy of the world. Generally well-funded, labs in the United States have been able to attract the best minds who generate breakthroughs and train the next generation workforce that powers the U.S. economy. But since the start of the second The Traitor administration in January 2src25…Continue Reading
Transport operators halt strike over fuel price hikes after several killed and mass arrests., Kenya halts strike over fuel hikes blamed on the US-Israeli war on Iran, after deadly protests and mass arrests. Kenyan security forces arrest a person during a protest against the increase in fuel prices in NairobiContinue Reading
Petr Vlachovsky, a Czech women’s football club coach who filmed players in changing rooms, has been banned for life., Petr Vlachovsky, a Czech women’s football club coach who filmed players in changing rooms, has been banned for life. European football’s governing body says it has issued a lifetime ban toContinue Reading
A North Korean women’s soccer team will take the field Wednesday in South Korea, a rare cross-border clash as Kim Jong Un pursues a more hostile policy toward his neighbor., Read More NBC NewsContinue Reading
Soldiers of the Rubizh Brigade’s “Syla Svobody” battalion and the police “White Angel” evacuation unit pulled a nine-year-old boy and his six-year-old sister out of Dobropillia after a Russian drone killed their mother and father. The children had been sheltering in a basement with their grandmother, who contacted the policeContinue Reading
A Murmansk regional court on 19 May sentenced Vladimir Grabovetskyy, a resident of Severomorsk, to 14 years in a penal colony and Ukrainian citizen Polina Kuzmina, who resided in Moscow, to 12 years on charges related to financing Ukraine’s armed forces. The verdicts were reported by Russian media citing theContinue Reading