The Daily Populous

Tuesday May 5th, 2026 night edition

image for As economic despair mounts, Russian official admits the country has had enough of the war on Ukraine

On the economic front, Putin himself recently revealed that GDP contracted in the first two months of the year.

And on the Ukraine front, Russian forces suffered a net loss of territory last month for the first time since 2024.

“The overall mood is that’s enough already; you’ve been fighting for long enough,” a Russian official told the Washington Post last week on condition of anonymity.

With Western military aid and innovations from Ukraine’s now-thriving domestic defense industry, Kyiv has weakened Russia’s economy and military.

Long-range drone strikes deep into Russian territory have damaged key oil-export hubs and “shadow fleet” tankers transporting sanctioned crude.

Recognizing the growing economic despair, some Russian officials have publicly addressed the dire situation.

In fact, Russian statistics show that nonpayments of commercial bills hit a record high of $109 billion in January. »

Supreme Court restores access to abortion pill mifepristone through telehealth, mail and pharmacies

Authored by apnews.com

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday restored broad access to the abortion pill mifepristone, blocking a lower-court ruling that had threatened to upend one of the main ways abortions are provided across the nation.

Those practices had been permitted for several years until a federal appeals court imposed new restrictions last week.

That lawsuit is the furthest along of several efforts by abortion opponents to curtail access to mifepristone. »

Rep. Olszewski to introduce ROBE Act to establish term limits for Supreme Court justices

Authored by foxbaltimore.com
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Maryland Congressman Johnny Olszewski is introducing a constitutional amendment that would establish term limits for Supreme Court Justices.

On Monday, Olszewski is introducing the Reform of Bench Eligibility (ROBE) Act, which would establish 18-year term limits for justices.

The announcement comes after the Supreme Court recently limited the scope of the Voting Rights Act amid a redistricting battle in Louisiana. »

Trump is the worst president in American history

Authored by inews.co.uk

But at least three academic surveys have found that Donald Trump is the worst president the US has ever had.

Trump scored 10.92, coming last out of 45, with the lowest score any president has ever had in this survey.

Trump is effectively charging people to meet him; the mechanism is to buy a “special edition” of his $TRUMP memecoin. »

Thousands of cancer patients in England to benefit from new immunotherapy jab

Authored by theguardian.com

Thousands of patients across England each year will benefit from a new immunotherapy treatment that can be used for several types of cancer, the NHS has announced.

This new form of immunotherapy will replace pembrolizumab, which is administered via an intravenous drip in a specialist clean room.

Up to 15,000 cancer patients became eligible last year for nivolumab, an immunotherapy injection that takes three to five minutes to administer. »