Senator Bill Cassidy lost his Louisiana Republican primary after voting to convict Trump following January 6th, exemplifying Trump's growing control over GOP primary races. The WHO declared an international health emergency over a deadly Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo that has killed 80+ people and spread to Uganda. A jury began deliberations in Elon Musk's lawsuit against OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, with Musk claiming he was misled when helping found the company as a nonprofit. Trump's influence over Republican primaries is intensifying, with at least five of the seven GOP senators who voted to convict him expected to be gone after this election cycle.