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Morning Rundown: The shifting tone on Biden\u2019s cancer diagnosis, rising Valley fever cases, and the thrill of being a Knicks fan<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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Trump and other Republicans\u2019 well wishes to Biden shift to accusations of a cancer cover-up. A federal judge in Texas issues a novel order in the ongoing Alien Enemies Act legal saga. And cases of Valley fever are on the rise in one state.<\/em>
Here\u2019s what to know today.<\/em>
In the day after former President Joe Biden announced he was diagnosed with an aggressive form of prostate cancer, Republicans\u2019 reactions have shifted from sympathy to an onslaught of accusations that his inner circle masked his condition while he was in office.
Among the more prominent voices was President Donald Trump, who on Sunday wished Biden a speedy recovery. And then yesterday, Trump posted on social media: \u201cEveryone was in on the coverup! Who was running the country? We need accountability!\u201d
The assertion from Trump and others, including Vice President JD Vance, comes as fresh reporting suggests Biden\u2019s decline was more pronounced than previously known. Now, the cancer diagnosis \u2014coupled with the damage to Biden world\u2019s credibility when it comes to his fitness \u2014 are tinder for unfounded speculation that Biden, 82, knew he was sick and concealed it anyway.\u00a0
Republican Sen. Markwayne Mullin called the timing of Biden\u2019s announcement \u201cinteresting.\u201d On the other side of the aisle, former Rep. Dean Phillips, who ran against Biden in the 2024 Democratic primary, also suggested Biden held off in revealing his diagnosis for strategic reasons.\u00a0
Given the care and attention Biden received as president, the advanced state of the illness left some medical experts surprised. According to multiple oncologists, most cases of prostate cancer are diagnosed at an early stage. But in around 8% of cases, the cancer has already metastasized by the time it\u2019s diagnosed \u2014 and at that point, the patient has most likely had prostate cancer for several years to a decade.\u00a0However, there are some exceptions.<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0
One former Biden aide said the former president would be better served if he answered a few pressing questions: Why was the cancer detected late? Did doctors test for it earlier? And what are the prospects for recovery?\u00a0
Biden took to social media to thank well-wishers for their \u201clove and support,\u201d and a Biden spokesperson said yesterday there was no additional information outside of Sunday\u2019s announcement.\u00a0
Read the full story here.<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0
The Trump administration has until tomorrow afternoon to facilitate contact between a Venezuelan man deported to a notorious El Salvador prison and the man\u2019s lawyers, a federal judge in Texas said yesterday. It\u2019s the first such court order in the mounting legal saga surrounding President Donald Trump\u2019s use of the Alien Enemies Act to deport hundreds of men suspected of being members of the Venezuelan Tren de Aragua gang. The Trump administration is expected to appeal.
At the center of the case is Widmer Josneyder Agelviz Sanguino, a 24-year-old who traveled to the U.S. in September as part of a refugee resettlement program, which involves extensive vetting and background checks. Agelviz was detained at the airport in Houston, and two weeks before the immigration court case was set to be resolved, he was deported without warning or court hearings to El Salvador. Documents show that Agelviz was detained because of a forearm tattoo and that he had no criminal record and there was no additional evidence linking him to the gang. Agelviz\u2019s mother, who also resettled in the U.S. with his two younger brothers, spoke about the case to NBC News\u2019 David Noriega.\u00a0Read the full story here.<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0
California is on track for another record-breaking year of Valley fever, according to early data, which shows more than 3,000 confirmed cases already logged this year. That\u2019s more than there were at the same time last year and nearly double what cases were this time in 2023. And the cases aren\u2019t appearing only in hot and dry areas like Kern County. Cities along California\u2019s central coast are also becoming Valley fever hot spots.
The increase in cases has been so dramatic, in fact, that the Golden State is closing the gap with Arizona for the most Valley fever cases annually. But Arizona is also seeing more hot spots emerge in areas that are historically colder and wetter. Other places in the U.S. could see more Valley fever cases, too, as climate change creates drier soils that allow the range of the fungi to expand.
Making matters more complicated: Valley fever is tricky to diagnose because its symptoms overlap with other respiratory illnesses such as Covid, the flu and pneumonia.\u00a0Read the full story here.\u00a0<\/strong><\/a>
This is the best it\u2019s been for Knicks fans since the turn of the century.
From 2001 to 2021, the Knicks had the fourth-fewest playoff wins in the NBA and the only teams with fewer didn\u2019t even exist for 20 years. It was bleak. There were so many attempts at turning around the franchise that went bust that fans could be excused for losing faith.
But in the past few years, a series of smart moves (none better than bringing on Jalen Brunson) has brought the team back to the Eastern Conference Finals for the first time since 2000. Knicks fans \u2014 from celebs courtside like Spike Lee, Fat Joe and Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet, to the ones sitting in the last row of the upper sections \u2014\u00a0are thrilled<\/strong><\/a>. Madison Square Garden will be electric this week as they \u201cwelcome\u201d the rival Indiana Pacers. Let\u2019s Go Knicks! \u2014\u00a0<\/em>Tim Perone<\/em><\/strong>, managing editor for news<\/em>
When Tawanda Scott Sambou was assigned to find a story commemorating the 75th anniversary of World War II, the first thing she asked herself was, \u201cWhat role did Black women play in the war?\u201d
She thought she was coming to a dead end in her search until she came across the 6888th battalion, an all-women, majority-Black unit that traveled to Europe to sort through a massive mail backlog so that soldiers would receive letters from home. \u201cI was so intrigued,\u201d said Sambou, a senior producer at NBC News. \u201cI just thought, \u2018Wow, people don\u2019t know about this troop, this unit. I would really love to share their story.\u2019\u201d
See how<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0Sambou\u2019s reporting brought a new level of recognition to the Six Triple Eight unit, from a Congressional Gold Medal to a Netflix film starring Kerry Washington and directed by Tyler Perry.
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Elizabeth Robinson is a newsletter editor for NBC News, based in Los Angeles.
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