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‘Toxic mix of factors’ driving DR Congo Ebola outbreak

Community fear, attacks on health workers and armed groups are hampering a response to DRC’s Ebola outbreak. A second wave of the outbreak has now developed in the eastern town of Beni near the border with Uganda.

Jared Kushner ‘likely paid little or no income tax’ for years – report

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New York Times says confidential financial documents reflect his use of real estate tax benefits but no suggestion he broke the law

Jared Kushner, Donald Trump’s son-in-law and a senior White House adviser, likely paid little or no federal income taxes between 2009 and 2016, the New York Times reported on Saturday, citing confidential financial documents.

Related: We need tax police – and they should go after the likes of Donald Trump | David Cay Johnston

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Trump ally Kris Kobach can campaign with replica machine gun, town says

Kook Kut below Krazy

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  • Kansas candidate decorates jeep with presidential bobblehead
  • Gubernatorial hopeful: gun symbolises free-speech rights

Parade organizers in a small Kansas town have decided they will not stop Kris Kobach, the Republican candidate for governor, mounting a replica machine gun on a jeep.

Related: ‘He’ll be re-elected’: Trump and allies tout the sweet smell of 2020 success

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