The number of confirmed US measles cases has hit 4,588, more than doubling its total from last year, according to the latest update from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

An additional 178 measles cases were reported this week, and over the past two weeks, 508 new measles infections have been confirmed. That’s more than the nation experienced from 2022 through 2024, when a total of 465 measles cases were reported.

Since the beginning of 2025, there have been 6,877 confirmed measles cases in the United States, a number that will likely lead to the nation losing its measles elimination status later this year. Measles was declared officially eliminated in the United States in 2000.

The Cook Political Report shifted the Ohio governor’s race in Democrat Amy Acton’s favor Friday, noting the fallout from a controversial attack ad from her Republican opponent, Vivek Ramaswamy.

The Ramaswamy campaign ad featured Acton’s estranged mother Donna Arthur lambasting her daughter as a “liar” and urging viewers not to vote for her.

Acton has publicly spoken about her troubled childhood for years, well before she ran for office, including the reason her mother lost custody: documented neglect and abuse, most horrifically, Acton’s stepfather sexually abusing her from the ages of 9 to 12. Arthur sided with her husband against her daughter; he fled the state after being indicted and remained a fugitive until his death. Arthur stayed married to him and Acton has not spoken to her since she was 12.

The Justice Department on Friday ordered California election officials to identify suspected noncitizens on voter rolls and set aside their mail-in ballot – warning that officials who knowingly count ballots cast by noncitizens could face criminal liability.

The stipulation marks an escalation in the Trump administration’s efforts to scrutinize voter rolls as the government continues to double down on claims of voter fraud, fueled by Donald Trump’s baseless allegations of widespread election cheating.

The administration’s claims have faced scrutiny, and some initial findings have not held up under further review. In Nevada, for example, DHS told state officials that its initial finding of 15,900 potentially noncitizen registrants was preliminary and unvetted, and that it had confirmed only 185 through manual review.

Last month, Nevada officials told DHS their subsequent review found that all 185 were US citizens, a conclusion the federal agency disputes.

Two University of Leicester students speak out over ‘absurd’ and ‘Orwellian’ decision by the BBC and ITV Studios to edit out pride pins worn on University Challenge

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Auf dem Papier sollen die Erbschaft- und Schenkungssteuer sowie die Vermögensteuer eigentlich die Ansammlung von großen Vermögen in den Händen weniger verhindern. In der Realität - durch zahlreiche Ausnahmen und Schlupflöcher in dieser Gesetzgebung - passiert aber das Gegenteil: Kleine Erbschaften und Schenkungen werden vergleichsweise mittelmäßig besteuert, aber große Erbschaften werden viel, viel niedriger besteuert.

Das heißt, Menschen, die wenig geerbt oder verschenkt bekommen, zahlen die normale Steuer. Menschen, die sehr, sehr viel bekommen, zahlen fast keine Steuer. Und damit beteiligen sie sich ungleich wenig an der Finanzierung unseres Gemeinwohls.

"Vieles wird teurer. Und anstatt dass man dann endlich die Vermögenden einmal in dem Umfang zur Kasse bittet, wie sie es gut tragen könnten, geht man lieber wieder an Sozialleistungen ran und versucht dort einzusparen. Und das merken die Menschen natürlich."

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Pete Hegseth alleges Confucius Institutes operating in disguise on US university campuses

The ⁠US defense department has designated Chinese-funded cultural centers on university campuses ⁠known as Confucius ⁠Institutes ​as a threat to US national security, defense secretary Pete ⁠Hegseth said on Friday.

Washington has long accused Confucius Institutes of being Chinese propaganda ⁠tools and has taken steps to ​crack down on them.

Hegseth, ‌in a ‌video posted on social media, alleged that Confucius ‌Institutes were operating under disguise at US universities and that the Pentagon had added them to its list of institutions that threaten US national security.

Common myth: skin wrinkles in water because of osmosis/swelling.

Reality: it is an active, involuntary vasomotor response. The nervous system constricts blood vessels under the skin to form ridges—acting like tire treads to channel away water and improve grip on wet objects. Patients with severed median nerves don't wrinkle at all.

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Leaders of the 2026 Nascar Truck Series Championship.

The French government has deployed the army to monitor the protests scheduled to take place later today. At the same time, it is mounting a media manipulation campaign to make people believe that an “enemy within,” affiliated with a social-democrat party, is coordinating the protests that are sweeping France. These two elements are reminiscent of certain methods used by the fascist regimes of…

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Israeli soldiers have long traveled to India after completing military service as part of the so-called Hummus Trail. But their “healing” is affecting the people who live there.

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