Today’s notice: RFK Jr. said there’s a government social media post about the measles outbreak, but we couldn’t find it. Democrats go a different way on the latest immigration bill. The unelected bureaucrats at DOGE are annoying Republicans. But first: When the headlines leave you behind.
Living in the Flooded Zone
The USAID story feels like old news at this point, but it’s really not. And those at the center of that story tell us that living in a world of upheaval that is no longer headline-worthy is a strange thing to contend with.
We spoke to Kelly Ryan, president of the Jesuit Refugee Service, one of the many NGOs that had its previously approved funding frozen under the USAID stop-work order. JRS didn’t sue, its employees didn’t march in the streets. When Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced a waiver for humanitarian aid disbursements, the group filed the paperwork and waited. And waited.