## Trump drops IVF promise, preferring to blame women for infertility

Authored by salon.com

No more is this truer than his false promises to make in-vitro fertilization (IVF) free to everyone who needs it to conceive.

During the 2024 campaign, Trump was relentless in his vows to provide this fertility treatment at no cost to Americans.

Happy talk about making babies became the preferred tactic — “because we want more babies, to put it nicely,” Trump said at one Michigan event.

The promise of free IVF allowed Trump to pretend anti-abortion policies weren’t about punishing women, but was simply the result of his overwhelming love for babies and desire to see more of them.

Enough people bought the lie, which likely helped push Trump across the line in a photo finish of an election.

It’s a hateful lie, but it’s well-designed nonetheless to prey on people who are already feeling low about their infertility. »

### Ukraine will not give up land, Zelenskyy warns ahead of Trump-Putin meeting

Authored by theguardian.com

They will achieve nothing,” he said, adding that the war “cannot be ended without us, without Ukraine”.

Trump said he planned to meet the Russian president next Friday in Alaska.

“Putin … talks nice and then he bombs everybody in the evening,” Trump said last month. »

### Live updates: Shooter appeared to target CDC headquarters in shooting that left police officer dead, sources say

Authored by edition.cnn.com

The employee said he thinks he saw the shooter pull two rifles from the bag.

“I have very close colleagues who were locked down in the office at CDC, you know, cowering or sort of sheltering in place.”.

The CDC building is adjacent to the Emory University campus in Atlanta. »

### Meet the five-time beer-mile world champion: ‘I knew I could chug from a young age’

Authored by theguardian.com

Bellemore’s sport of choice is the beer mile, which involves downing four beers while running a mile really fast.

And chug he has, at Beer Mile events around the world, sending records toppling as he goes.

“I woke up the next morning to a message from an account called Beer Mile World Classic,” Bellemore said. »

### Nexon-owned game studio enters “indefinite strike” over employee bonuses allegedly being slashed while executive bonuses increased

Authored by automaton-media.com

The strike at Neople, the studio behind the multibillion-dollar Dungeon Fighter franchise, has intensified.

As reported by ThisIsGame, employees of the Nexon-owned subsidiary started organizing walkouts five days a week (as opposed to three) starting July 31.

The strike has no set end date and is intended to last until management agrees to clearly explain how performance bonuses are calculated. »

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