It is very likely that polio has infected people in the Gaza Strip, in what would be a setback for global efforts to eradicate the disease, a World Health Organization spokesperson said on Tuesday. Gaza's health ministry declared a polio epidemic across the Palestinian enclave late on Monday after samples of the virus were found in sewage. It has not announced any human cases. According to the WHO, polio is now endemic only in Pakistan and Afghanistan, but more than 30 countries...

Word of Megan Thee Stallion’s performance quickly went viral on Monday night, and her younger fans lit up social media in search of tickets to the Georgia State University venue in downtown Atlanta. It all serves a savvy political purpose. Former Gov. Roy Barnes was asked on Monday’s “Politically Georgia” his counsel to Harris’ strategists on winning Georgia. “Quit worrying about angry old white men,” Barnes advised, and focus on younger voters. She seems to be doing exactly that. THE SCHEDULE...

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro is reportedly under serious consideration to become vice president and presidential candidate Kamala Harris’ running mate. And, in a certain sense, there are good reasons for this: Democrats badly want (some would argue need) to win Pennsylvania. Shapiro is, by all accounts, quite popular in the state he runs. He won the governorship handily in 2022 against Pennsylvania state Sen. Doug Mastriano, proponent of Christian nationalist ideas—which Shapiro proved...

Vice President Kamala Harris’s presidential campaign claimed on X that a video shows Ohio Republican Sen. JD Vance endorsing Project 2025. Verdict: False The clip is from 2021. Project 2025 was not created until April 2022, with the project’s Mandate for Leadership published in 2023.

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