When Elisha Phafoli got a suspicious response to a call he made to his younger sister on Thursday, he knew something was wrong and, along with another sister, made the nearly 400km drive to Johannesburg to get to the bottom of the matter.
it was a late night in congress last night. the republican controlled house voted last night to approve dozens of controversial amendments to the national defense authorization bill. this isn t a spending bill that comes in the fall, but this one decides how the u.s. military can spend their money. now included at the behest of republicans, though, measures limiting the dod s diversity initiatives, bans on the military gender affirming care and tends to roll back support in accessing abortion care. far right republicans also tried to push proposals that would limit america s involvement in ukraine, but those failed. a full vote expected today, but democrats have pledged to oppose the bill because of those things, writing in a statement republicans have, quote, hijacked, it s always been bipartisan legislation to