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The Latest: Tulsi Gabbard resigns as Trump’s national intelligence director, citing husband’s health

AP News Tulsi Gabbard resigned as President Donald Trump’s director of national intelligence on Friday, saying she needed to step away as her husband battles cancer. She is the fourth Cabinet official to depart during Trump’s second term. There had been rumblings that Gabbard would split with the president after he decided to strike Iran, which caused some division within his administration.

Trump is heading to a toss-up congressional district in New York to test his midterm message on the economy, even as voters largely disapprove of his stewardship of it. The focus of the event is...
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Advocates celebrate 230th anniversary of Ona Judge's escape from enslavement by George Washington

AP News PHILADELPHIA (AP) — From her footprints in Philadelphia to her face in New Hampshire, advocates for telling the whole truth of American history are celebrating Ona Judge and her daring escape from slavery 230 years ago.

Judge, who was born into slavery on George Washington’s plantation, was 22 years old when she slipped away from the president’s official residence in Philadelphia on May 21, 1796. She hid on a boat that carried her to New Hampshire, where she later married and had three children.

May 21st has been officially declared Ona Judge Day in Philadelphia,...
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Congo suspends funeral wakes and big gatherings in Ebola outbreak, as WHO upgrades risk assessment

AP News BUNIA, Congo (AP) — Authorities in northeastern Congo banned funeral wakes and gatherings of more 50 people Friday in an effort to curb a rapidly spreading Ebola outbreak in a region where medical workers have struggled with a lack of resources and pushback from angry residents.

The World Health Organization said that the outbreak now poses a “very high" risk for Congo — up from a previous categorization of “high” — but that the risk of the disease spreading globally remains low.

WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said 82 cases and seven deaths...
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Tulsi Gabbard resigns as director of national intelligence, citing her husband's health

AP News WASHINGTON (AP) — Tulsi Gabbard resigned as President Donald Trump's director of national intelligence on Friday, saying she needed to step away as her husband battles cancer. She is the fourth Cabinet official to depart during Trump’s second term.

In her resignation letter, which she posted on social media, Gabbard said she told Trump of her decision to leave office on June 30. She said her husband had recently been diagnosed with a rare form of bone cancer and “faces major challenges in the coming weeks and months.”

“At this time, I must step away from...
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Warsh is sworn in as the Fed chair after Trump's bid for greater control over the independent bank

AP News WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Friday oversaw the White House swearing-in of the new Federal Reserve chair and said he would like Kevin Warsh's help in stimulating the economy even as he tried to emphasize that the nation's central bank would remain independent.

Trump spent months criticizing Warsh's predecessor, Jerome Powell, for being reluctant to cut interests rates, with the Republican president arguing that lower borrowing costs would provide an economic boost. By taking the unusual step of holding the ceremony in the East Room and not the Fed, Trump made...
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  • Congo suspends funeral wakes and big gatherings in Ebola outbreak, as WHO upgrades risk assessment
  • Tulsi Gabbard resigns as director of national intelligence, citing her husband's health
  • Warsh is sworn in as the Fed chair after Trump's bid for greater control over the independent bank
  • Rubio reports 'slight progress' in Iran talks as Pakistan army chief renews mediation efforts
  • Wall Street keeps rising, even as U.S. households keep getting more discouraged
  • FDA staff blindsided by move allowing more e-cigarettes and nicotine pouches onto US market
  • Kyle Busch was more than a villain and the greatest NASCAR driver of his generation
  • Paxton makes his final pitch in the Texas Senate race against Cornyn, buoyed by Trump's endorsement
  • Trump heads to a competitive New York district to sell his tax law as voters sour on the economy
  • Pushed to the limit, Republicans show rare defiance to Trump's demands

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