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Former ‘100% pro-life’ Republican turned Democrat is running for Georgia Governor on a promise to repeal abortion ban | CNN Politics

2026-05-18 3:04 PM EDT / CNN

Former ‘100% pro-life’ Republican turned Democrat is running for Georgia Governor on a promise to repeal abortion ban

By Dana Bash, CNN

Published 3:04 PM EDT, Mon May 18, 2026

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Former ‘100% pro-life’ Republican turned Democrat is running for Georgia Governor on a promise to repeal abortion ban

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Former Republican Georgia Lieutenant Governor Geoff Duncan joins Inside Politics to discuss his run for Governor—as a Democrat. Duncan switched parties last year, and is now campaigning for Georgia’s highest office, in part on a promise to repeal the state’s six-week abortion ban—a law he helped pass in 2019. “It’s certainly not a political change. This is too big of an issue to just politicize, in my opinion. This has really been a heart change,” says Duncan.

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US health department withdraws vaccine advisory panel charter

2026-05-18T17:48:30.197Z / Reuters

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May 18, 2026 5:48 PM UTC Updated 2 hours ago

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May 18 (Reuters) – The U.S. health department has withdrawn an April charter renewal for a key vaccine advisory panel that ​laid out new membership rules and direction, citing ‌an administrative error, according to a Federal Register notice issued on Monday.

The Department of Health and Human Services said the withdrawal was ​the result of not having met the timing ​requirements for such changes under federal law.

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U.S. Health ​Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. had issued a new charter ​for the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, which advises the ​Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on vaccine use in the country, on April 6.

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The advisory panel had been a key piece ​of Kennedy’s broader effort to reshape U.S. vaccine policy. ​Last year, he removed and replaced all 17 independent experts who ‌previously ⁠served on the panel.

The new charter followed a March 16 decision by Boston-based U.S. District Judge Brian Murphy as part of a court case seeking to overturn some of Kennedy’s ​vaccine-related changes. ​The charter ⁠expanded the role of the panel to include a focus on vaccine risks, vaccine safety ​evidence and what qualified individuals for membership.

Murphy’s ​ruling ⁠had put a hold on the committee, saying its members did not qualify based on its own charter.

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The Trump administration ⁠last ​month appealed the ruling, which blocked key ​changes under Kennedy’s leadership, including reducing the number of routinely recommended childhood ​vaccinations.

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Karen Bass ripped after suggesting taxpayer-funded dental care for meth users

Bass made the remark during a candidate forum on homelessness as she faces a competitive re-election challenge

May 18, 2026 12:39pm EDT / Fox News

Jimmy Failla & Dave Landau Roast Karen Bass Over Latest Campaign Proposal

Comedian Dave Landau joins Fox Across America With Jimmy Failla to share his thoughts on Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass insisting that homeless meth addicts should have access to free teeth in an effort to make them more viable job applicants.

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Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass is facing backlash after suggesting taxpayers should fund dental care for meth users, arguing many cannot rebuild their lives without teeth.

Bass, who is vying in a crowded June primary for a second mayoral term, made the remark during a candidate forum last week on the city’s homelessness crisis.

“How many people that you meet that are unhoused don’t have teeth at all?” Bass said during an exchange. “They don’t have teeth. Why? Because meth rots your teeth.”

“You can’t succeed without teeth. So there needs to be comprehensive healthcare provided to people,” she continued.

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass drew swift backlash after proposing taxpayer-funded dental care for meth users in the city.(Kirby Lee/IMAGN Images)

CALIFORNIA’S BATTLE OVER CRIME AND HOMELESSNESS IS A WARNING TO THE NATION

Bass’s comments sparked an uproar among conservatives, who torched the incumbent’s response for appearing to omit any mention of tackling the root causes of the city’s homelessness and drug problems.

“A homeless drug addict just tried to stab me,” conservative journalist Dustin Grage wrote on the social media platform X, impersonating a Los Angeles resident affected by the city’s homeless crisis and drug epidemic. “Karen Bass: ‘It’s okay, we’re going to provide them free teeth so they can be successful now.’”

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Despite Bass’s claims of progress, Los Angeles continues to rank among the cities with the nation’s largest homeless population, with critics arguing the crisis has continued to fester under her watch.

More than 43,000 individuals in Los Angeles experienced homelessness in early February 2025, according to a count released by the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority.

Former Department of Homeland Security spokeswoman Katie Zacharia also criticized Bass for not addressing the underlying drug epidemic in her remarks.

“Symptoms, never the disease,” Zacharia wrote.

“Clueless Karen Bass said that the worst part about meth addiction is that it ruins your teeth,” former Trump assistant attorney general Theo Wold wrote on X. “To paraphrase Norm MacDonald: Last time I checked, I thought the worst part about meth addiction was meth!”

A homeless person clears trash at a homeless camp on a sidewalk in Los Angeles on Aug. 6, 2025.(iStock)

LA TIMES OWNER SAYS ENDORSING KAREN BASS WAS A ‘MISTAKE’ DUE TO INCOMPETENCE

A spokesperson for Bass did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Bass, 72, an establishment Democrat who represented a Los Angeles-based seat in Congress from 2011 to 2022, is facing a competitive re-election challenge from her left and right flank.

Los Angeles City Council member Nithya Raman, 44, a member of the Democratic Socialists of America, is touting her progressive bona fides. Meanwhile, former reality television star Spencer Pratt, 42, is emerging as a dark horse candidate after gaining momentum by hammering Bass’s response to the devastating 2025 Los Angeles fires that obliterated his home and many others.

The upstart candidate has also ripped Bass’s failure to turn the corner on the city’s homelessness and public safety problems.

Spencer Pratt launched his mayoral campaign in January after being dissatisfied with incumbent Mayor Karen Bass.(Etienne Laurent)

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Pratt is a registered Republican, though the city’s mayoral contest is officially nonpartisan.

The June 2 primary is widely expected to go into a runoff election in which the top two vote-getters would appear on the ballot in November.

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Trump says he’s called off plans for “scheduled attack of Iran” after request from Gulf partners

May 18, 2026 / 3:53 PM EDT / CBS News

Washington — President Trump said Monday that he’s called off a U.S. attack on Iran that had been “scheduled” for Tuesday, after the United States’ Gulf partners requested it to allow for continued negotiations.

The president made the announcement on Truth Social Monday afternoon, following a request from the leaders of Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates. Iran says it’s relayed an amended set of terms for a possible deal to the Trump administration, through Pakistani mediators.

“I have been asked by the Emir of Qatar, Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud, and the President of the United Arab Emirates, Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, to hold off on our planned Military attack of the Islamic Republic of Iran, which was scheduled for tomorrow, in that serious negotiations are now taking place, and that, in their opinion, as Great Leaders and Allies, a Deal will be made, which will be very acceptable to the United States of America, as well as all Countries in the Middle East, and beyond,” Mr. Trump wrote.

“This Deal will include, importantly, NO NUCLEAR WEAPONS FOR IRAN!” he continued in the post. “Based on my respect for the above mentioned Leaders, I have instructed Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth, The Chairman of The Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Daniel Caine, and The United States Military, that we will NOT be doing the scheduled attack of Iran tomorrow, but have further instructed them to be prepared to go forward with a full, large scale assault of Iran, on a moment’s notice, in the event that an acceptable Deal is not reached. Thank you for your attention to this matter!”

Mr. Trump also extended his original April 7 ceasefire indefinitely at the request of Pakistan’s leaders.

During the ceasefire, the Pentagon has said that it has planned for the possibility of resuming strikes against Iran, if the president decided to do so.

Over the weekend, the president warned the “clock is ticking” for Iran to accept a peace agreement, saying there “won’t be anything left of them” if the leaders of the Islamic Republic don’t “get moving, FAST.”

The Strait of Hormuz remains effectively closed, continuing to roil the oil market and affect the sectors that depend on it.

Eleanor Watson and Tucker Reals contributed to this report.

https://www.cbsnews.com/video/where-things-stand-between-the-us-and-iran-as-trump-ramps-up-threats/

Trump says he’ll ‘hold off’ on attacking Iran on Tuesday but tells military to be ready ‘on a moment’s notice’

2026-05-18T19:20:07.853Z / CNN

By Kit Maher

10 min ago

PUBLISHED May 18, 2026, 3:20 PM ET

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President Donald Trump said Monday that he will “hold off” on a Tuesday plan to attack Iran, citing a request from the leaders of Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates as he said negotiations to end the war grow more “serious.”

Trump added in his Truth Social post that he’s instructed his leadership to “to be prepared to go forward with a full, large scale assault of Iran, on a moment’s notice” if a deal isn’t reached.

“I have been asked by the Emir of Qatar, Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud, and the President of the United Arab Emirates, Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, to hold off on our planned Military attack of the Islamic Republic of Iran, which was scheduled for tomorrow, in that serious negotiations are now taking place, and that, in their opinion, as Great Leaders and Allies, a Deal will be made, which will be very acceptable to the United States of America, as well as all Countries in the Middle East, and beyond,” Trump posted on Truth Social.

“This Deal will include, importantly, NO NUCLEAR WEAPONS FOR IRAN,” Trump added.

“I have instructed Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth, The Chairman of The Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Daniel Caine, and The United States Military, that we will NOT be doing the scheduled attack of Iran tomorrow, but have further instructed them to be prepared to go forward with a full, large scale assault of Iran, on a moment’s notice, in the event that an acceptable Deal is not reached.”

This is a developing story and will be updated.

American doctor working in Congo tests positive for Ebola, CDC and aid group say

May 18, 2026 / 3:24 PM EDT / CBS News

An American doctor working with a medical missionary organization in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has tested positive for Ebola, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the missionary group said Monday.

The individual was being taken to Germany for treatment, the CDC said.

There are more than 250 suspected cases and 80 suspected deaths so far in the Ebola outbreak in the Congo and neighboring Uganda, the World Health Organization said. The WHO declared the outbreak a global health emergency on Sunday.

The missionary group Serge said Dr. Peter Stafford tested positive for the Bundibugyo ebolavirus variant after being exposed while treating patients at Nyankunde Hospital, in the Congo city of Bunia, where he has served since 2023. His wife, who is also a doctor with the aid group, and another physician remain asymptomatic, the group said.

“All three medical professionals have strictly adhered to established quarantine protocols since the potential exposure,” Serge said in a statement on its website.

Six other Americans, in addition to Stafford, are expected to be moved out of the region to ensure they can be monitored or treated, the CDC said Monday.

Sources previously told CBS News that at least six Americans have been exposed in the outbreak.

The first suspected case in this outbreak was a health worker who reported symptoms starting on April 24 and died at a medical center in Bunia, the WHO said.

Since then, suspected cases have grown significantly and crossed country borders. Several factors, including the location of the outbreak — an urban area with significant population mobility — and attacks by armed groups in the region, have health officials concerned about further spread.

The outbreak is only the third known outbreak of the Bundibugyo strain, one of the viruses that causes Ebola disease. Unlike the more common Zaire strain, there is no vaccine or treatment for this strain, which was first discovered in Uganda in 2007.

Ebolaviruses are transmitted from person to person through bodily fluids such as vomit, blood or semen. Initial symptoms of the disease include fever, fatigue, muscle pain, headache and sore throat. As the disease progresses, symptoms include vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal pain, rash, organ dysfunction and sometimes internal or external bleeding, the WHO said.

Because it spreads through close contact, family members, caregivers and medical personnel can be at high risk from exposure to sick patients.

Leigh Ann Winick contributed to this report.

https://www.cbsnews.com/video/world-health-organization-sounds-alarm-about-ebola-outbreak/

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On rare campaign trail visit, Hegseth implores Kentucky voters to oust Massie

2026-05-18T19:41:05.087Z / CNN

By Jeff Zeleny, David Wright

19 min ago
PUBLISHED May 18, 2026, 3:41 PM ET

Ed Gallrein, Republican congressional candidate for Kentucky, greets Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on stage during an America First Workers Special Event on May 18, 2026 in Hebron, Kentucky.

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Hebron, Kentucky—

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth made a rare wartime visit to the campaign trail on Monday, imploring Republicans in Kentucky to defeat GOP Rep. Thomas Massie and send President Donald Trump “reinforcements” who pledge to support his agenda.

Rallying alongside Ed Gallrein, Massie’s Republican challenger, on the eve of Kentucky’s primary, Hegseth railed against the congressman, whose repeated clashes with the administration over budgets, the Epstein files, and US support for Israel have infuriated the president.

“President Trump does not need more people in Washington who are trying to make a point, especially from his own party,” he said. “He needs people trying to help him win, to vote with him when it matters most.”

He added: “When President Trump needs backup, Massie wants to debate process.”

Hegseth’s appearance in Hebron is among the only times in recent memory in which a secretary of defense took time from his Pentagon duties to campaign for a political candidate, who is running against one of the Iran war’s biggest critics.

“I have to say upfront,” Hegseth said at the opening of his remarks, “I’m here in my personal capacity.”

No Republican has infuriated Trump more than Massie, which has placed him in a precarious position heading into the Kentucky primary on Tuesday. The race in Kentucky’s 4th Congressional District is already one of the most expensive primary contests ever, with more than $30 million spent on advertising alone, setting up the biggest political test Massie has ever faced.

Gallrein, a farmer and former Navy SEAL whom Trump and his allies recruited into the race, on Monday praised Hegseth’s tenure at the Pentagon and noted the significance of his visit amid a backdrop of war.

“Think about where we are in history right now, and you’re having the secretary of war coming here to little old Kentucky to see you here today,” he told the audience. “That’s something to be proud of.”

“He’s flat daggum busy, isn’t he, with everything he’s got going on,” Gallrein continued. “I think you all would agree, the second-busiest guy in the world right now to President Trump is Pete Hegseth.”

Hegseth’s appearance prompted pushback from legal advocacy firm Democracy Forward, which asked the Department of Defense’s inspector general on Monday to investigate whether it violated policies around political activity.

The secretary spoke of Gallrein as a “warrior” who would stand with Trump, as he assailed Massie’s opposition to parts of the administration’s agenda.

“Ed Gallrein’s record speaks for itself,” he said. “Thomas Massie’s record speaks for itself, too. Too much grandstanding. Too few great votes. Years of acting like being difficult is the same thing as being courageous. It’s not.”

Massie, meanwhile, has downplayed his critics’ efforts, and on Monday, hours before Hegseth’s appearance with Gallrein, he posted on social media, signaling confidence.

“Pickin and grinnin !” Massie wrote, accompanied by a video of him playing the banjo.

重庆男子殴打两个月婴儿 涉虐待罪被刑拘

2026年5月18日 19:32 / 联合早报

中国重庆一男子殴打两个月大的女儿，视频在线上流传引起愤怒情绪。重庆警方通报，该男子涉嫌虐待罪已被刑拘。

重庆市公安局巴南分局星期一（5月18日）发布警情通报。通报称，网传一男子殴打婴儿视频。经重庆市公安局巴南区分局调查，星期天（17日）晚9时许，今年36岁的徐姓男子在巴南区莲花街道家中，酒后与妻子发生口角，继而殴打未满两个月的女儿，致其受伤。

晚上10时许，徐姓男子到公安机关投案自首。目前，女婴已及时送医治疗。徐姓男子因涉嫌虐待罪已被巴南区分局依法刑事拘留，案件正进一步侦办中。

网传视频显示，婴儿被男子掌掴后大声哭泣，“重庆男子虐婴”登上热搜，后多个视频被删除。重庆警方在通告中呼吁网民不传播相关图片、视频，避免给受害人及家庭造成二次伤害。

国大心脏中心使用新成像扫描技术 降低年长高危患者医疗风险与成本

2026年5月18日 19:33 / 联合早报 杨漾

这台PCCT新成像设备，外观虽然和普通CT扫描机没太大差别，但它的清晰度和精准度更高，有助降低年长的复杂心脏疾病患者的医疗风险与成本。 （周国威摄）

一名90岁的心脏病患者同时有肾脏问题，前不久在新一代成像技术的协助下，顺利完成心脏手术前的影像评估，及时接受了后续的心脏手术。

新成像技术使这名高龄病患无须像过去一样接受侵入性且风险较高的血管造影检查，也可避免造影剂用量和辐射对肾脏可能造成的额外损害。

这名年长男病患在手术两天后就出院了，目前恢复情况良好。他也因免去血管造影而省下约2000元医药费。

新加坡国立大学心脏中心今年4月起使用“光子计数计算机断层扫描”（Photon-Counting Computed Tomography，简称PCCT）技术。医疗团队有信心，这项新技术将为越来越多复杂心脏疾病的年长患者，带来更安全有效的诊疗体验。

国大心脏中心也将是本地第一所把PCCT技术大量用于复杂心脏病例的医疗中心。

新扫描技术精准呈现心脏内部结构

国大医院影像诊断科高级顾问医生张丽珊客座副教授介绍说，传统上，CT扫描测量的方式就像用水桶收集雨水，将所有的射线汇聚起来再读取总量；而PCCT扫描技术则是独立对单个射线粒子进行测量，如同在下雨时对每一滴雨水进行精准的计数和称重。

左图：传统CT扫描受技术局限，往往无法清晰呈现复杂的冠状动脉状况，容易产生难以确诊的“灰色地带”；右图：PCCT扫描技术精准度极高，无须给患者注射降心率药物，即可生成清晰的心脏血管影像，大幅减少因图像模糊而导致的诊断不确定因素。（新加坡国立大学医院提供）

张丽珊以这名90岁男病患为例说，他患有严重主动脉瓣狭窄（Aortic stenosis），并获安排进行经导管主动脉瓣植入术（Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation，简称 TAVI）。

“这名患者病情复杂，传统CT扫描可能无法精准捕捉心脏影像，病人很可能因为须要反复扫描而拖慢治疗。新的PCCT扫描技术精准度极高，在无须使用降心率或扩张冠状动脉药物的情况下，只须扫描一次，就能捕捉到微小且快速跳动的冠状动脉图像。”

PCCT扫描过程中所使用的造影剂用量和辐射量，也比传统CT扫描少两三成。

身体器官功能随年龄增长老化 新技术降低诊疗风险

主动脉瓣狭窄大多因器官老化引起，会随着年岁渐长而加剧，到了80岁，有多达一成人口可能受影响。我国死亡病例中，就有近三分之一是由心血管疾病所致。

国大心脏中心预测，今年接受TAVI手术的年长患者将比去年多出三成。这些准备接受TAVI手术的患者，通常须在术前接受血管造影来排查血管是否阻塞，也得进行传统CT扫描，为手术规划。医疗团队指出，引进了PCCT新扫描技术后，约有一半的TAVI手术病患可避免再做侵入性血管造影，有助降低中风等并发症风险。

这项扫描技术让医疗团队更快更准地“看清”血管内部的具体情况。国大心脏中心总主任兼高级顾问医生叶伟麟副教授指出，它现阶段最大的价值主要在于协助体弱高危群体，且通过传统扫描技术仍难以获得明确诊断的病患。

他也强调，医院并不会要求病患为这项新扫描技术承担更高诊治费。

叶伟麟说：“PCCT可说是CT扫描领域的革命性突破。不过，对比较年轻病患来说，风险因素没年长者那么严重，因此一般的扫描效果已足够。PCCT的高精确度，对心脏和肾脏功能已衰弱的年长病人来说，是更安全的选择。”

国大医院也已把PCCT技术扩大至癌症、肺部和肌肉骨骼系统等检查范围，惠及更多有需要的病患。