The International Rescue Committee, a nonprofit global aid group, posted a warning Monday that the current Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo could have been spreading for three months before any cases were detected. ​In the press release published by IRC on Monday, the group cited “delayed detection and slow contact tracing” as […]

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) urged Democrats not to upend a deal to extend the federal government’s spy powers over President Donald Trump’s appointment of Bill Pulte as acting intelligence chief. “Honestly, I mean, do you want to be responsible for what could happen if we go dark on that program?” Thune told reporters […]

A closely watched U.S. Senate campaign in Alaska is stoking controversy after a candidate bearing the same name as one of the major candidates entered the race. As the Republican incumbent in the race, Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-AK) is engaged in one of the tightest campaigns for the upper chamber in the country, facing a […]

Sen. Tommy Tuberville‘s (R-AL) former opponent in Alabama’s Republican gubernatorial primary is alleging that the U.S. senator is not, in fact, a qualified Alabama resident. Ken McFeeters, who lost to Tuberville in the May contest, has launched three separate challenges and a now-dismissed lawsuit over the former Auburn University football coach’s ability to run. Those […]