Dems sharpen attack on post-midterm target: Trump’s mineral deals - POLITICO

The Trump administration has doled out billions for mining and critical mineral processing companies. Democrats are eager to win back Congress and turn up the oversight screws, investigating any ties to Trump family members...

 https://www.politico.com/news/2026/08/20/democrats-probes-trump-mineral-deals-01041695

Rising anger over ‘lop-sided’ and ‘immoral’ US health funding pacts with African countries

"Zimbabwe was being asked to share its biological resources and data over an extended period, with no corresponding guarantee of access to any medical innovations – such as vaccines, diagnostics or treatments – that might result from that shared data," he said. "In essence, our nation would provide the raw materials for scientific discovery without any assurance that the end products would be accessible to our people should a future health crisis emerge."…

 https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/feb/27/rising-anger-over-lop-sided-immoral-us-health-funding-pacts-africa-countries