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Congo’s Ebola Outbreak Passes 8,000 Confirmed Cases as It Shifts Between Provinces

By Plainly Now News Desk · Published September 28, 2026
European Commission map dated Sept. 11, 2026, showing confirmed Ebola cases and deaths by province in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, with Ituri and North Kivu shaded darkest, and neighboring Uganda.

Congo counted 8,067 confirmed Ebola cases by Sept. 26. WHO figures show 71 to 81 new cases a day since July as the outbreak shifts between provinces.

Categories Health Tags State Department

Meeks Places Hold on $2.8 Billion Bomb Sale to Israel — a “Hold” Isn’t a Veto

By Plainly Now News Desk · Published September 17, 2026 · Updated September 28, 2026
Official portrait of Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-NY), ranking member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee.

Meeks placed a hold on a $2.8B bomb sale to Israel, but a hold isn’t a veto — the AECA lets the administration bypass it via emergency waiver.

Categories Politics Tags State Department, Trump Administration

Trump Administration Prepares to Revoke Up to 200,000 Asylum Seekers’ Visas, Officials Say

By Plainly Now News Desk · Published August 25, 2026 · Updated September 28, 2026
U.S. Department of State headquarters building

The State Department, working with the Department of Homeland Security, is preparing a plan to revoke B1/B2 visitor visas issued between 2016 and 2026 to people who

Categories Politics Tags State Department, Trump Administration, United States

Federal Judge Strikes Down Trump Administration’s Visa Ban on 75 Countries

By Plainly Now News Desk · Published August 23, 2026 · Updated September 28, 2026
The Thurgood Marshall United States Courthouse in Manhattan, home of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

A federal judge in New York has thrown out a Trump administration policy that had suspended immigrant visa processing for people from 75 countries, ruling

Categories Politics Tags Federal, State Department
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