Guilfoyle quits as ambassador to Greece
She resigned days after The Wall Street Journal reported she asked a GOP donor to pay her $100,000 credit card bill in exchange for administration access.
Democracy Now! (Oct. 14)
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Nation & World
National and world news, with an eye on what it means here.
The week in brief
Pope Leo has lung cancer
The Vatican said surgeons removed the lower lobe of the 71-year-old pope's right lung.
Democracy Now! (Oct. 14)
Congo's Ebola outbreak passes 9,000 cases
More than 4,300 have died in the country's largest outbreak, with no approved treatment or vaccine for this strain.
Democracy Now! (Oct. 14)
U.S. measles cases top 4,000
Pennsylvania recorded its sixth death; it's the most U.S. cases in decades, the CDC says.
Democracy Now! (Oct. 14)
600,000 in Ukraine lose power after new Russian strikes
Three were killed in Kyiv, days after President Trump said Russia and Ukraine had agreed to pause energy strikes.
Democracy Now! (Oct. 14)
Houthis hit Saudi Aramco headquarters
The strike on Dhahran followed Saudi attacks on fuel sites near Sana'a. WHO says suspected cholera cases in Yemen have tripled.
Democracy Now! (Oct. 14)
Guardrail Watch
SEC wants to scrap its pension "pay-to-play" rule
Since 2010, investment firms that donate to officials who pick pension managers have been barred from earning fees from those funds for two years. SEC Chair Paul Atkins proposes ending it. Public comments are due Nov. 9.
Philadelphia Inquirer (Oct. 5)
$210 million from companies that saw cases dropped
Public Citizen found companies, executives and investors who benefited from canceled federal enforcement gave or pledged $210.5 million to Trump-aligned super PACs.
Public Citizen (Oct. 8)