Tuesday’s Mini-Report, 8.11.26

Today’s edition of quick hits. * A heartbreaking outbreak: “At least 2,000 people have died among the confirmed cases in Congo’s Ebola outbreak that is the fastest growing on record, according to the latest government data, as health authorities struggle to get help quickly to remote localities due to rebel conflict, bad roads and work stoppages over payment issues. Data published overnight into Tuesday showed the outbreak has recorded a total of 4,381 confirmed cases, including 2,011 deaths.” * Among the many things that makes this story amazing is the fact that it leaked: “After boarding Air Force One last month in Turkey, President Donald Trump exited that airplane and embarked on another one in an extraordinary act of subterfuge aimed at avoiding a threat from Iran, according to a U.S.