Federal Funding for Trump’s Ballroom in Jeopardy After Senate Ruling

WASHINGTON, D.C., May 16 (Reuters) – A U.S. Senate official on Saturday ⁠removed ⁠security funding that could be used for ⁠President Donald Trump’s planned $400 million White House ballroom from a massive spending package, Democratic lawmakers said, imperiling ​Republican efforts to devote taxpayer money to the contentious project. The decision by the Senate’s parliamentarian, Elizabeth …

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WHO Declares Ebola Outbreak in Congo, Uganda an Emergency of International Concern

By Disha Mishra and Akanksha Khushi May 17 (Reuters) – The ⁠World ⁠Health Organization on Sunday declared ⁠an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda a “public ​health emergency of international concern”. The WHO said the outbreak, caused by the Bundibugyo virus, does not ‌meet the criteria of a pandemic ‌emergency but …

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Two Members of Colombian Right-Wing Presidential Candidate’s Campaign Killed

BOGOTA, May ⁠16 (Reuters) – ⁠Two campaign workers for ⁠right-wing Colombian presidential candidate Abelardo De La ​Espriella in the country’s southeast were killed just two weeks ‌before the presidential election, his ‌party Defenders of the Homeland said on Saturday. Rogers ⁠Mauricio ⁠Devia and Fabian Cardona were shot on Friday night ​in a rural area of …

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