PRESS REVIEW – Wednesday, May 20, 2026: The 17th Ebola outbreak in the DR Congo is getting a lot of coverage. Papers are looking into the impact of recent aid cuts on the emergency response plan. In the United States, President Donald Trump’s battle with the Internal Revenue Service continues to make headlines. Also, The New York Times discusses Trump’s World Cup delegate, Andrew Giuliani. Finally, the Gunners are back on top, as Arsenal win their 14th Premier League title.
The 17th Ebola outbreak in DR Congo has had a lot of coverage. The Washington Post says that this outbreak will be particularly difficult to contain because it has hit at a moment when health infrastructure has been weakened by funding cuts and political upheaval. The Financial Times takes a closer look at pandemic preparedness. The Guardian reports that the WHO is considering using experimental vaccines in the region. Finally, Swiss paper Le Temps features an interview with Jean-Jacques Muyembe, who discovered Ebola in 1976.
Over in the USA, Donald Trump‘s battles with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) continue to make headlines. The Financial Times reports that Trump and his family have been given a permanent exemption from further investigation of all past tax affairs by the Department of Justice. The waiver was issued as part of a settlement to resolve Trump’s $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS over the leak of his tax returns in 2019 and includes a plan to create a $1.8 billion “anti-weaponisation fund”. Politico reports that the “lawfare” fund is even making some Republicans nervous. The Atlantic says the fund is worse than stealing, and that recasting the January 6 insurrection as the work of heroic patriots is still Trump’s top priority.
Meanwhile, The New York Times reports that Andrew Giuliani is the executive director of the “White House Task Force on the FIFA World Cup 2026“, which could “codify his status as a MAGA warrior in high standing” and potentially fuel future presidential ambitions.
Finally, the Daily Telegraph reports that for the first time in 22 years, Arsenal have won the Premier League.
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