RUFUS - President John McCallum's cancer has returned, just shy of two years since he entered remission. The President has yet to determine if he will undergo chemotherapy and if so, has yet to determine if he will carry out his remaining term or give up the Presidency to Vice President Travis Loretti who is more than ready to take over the role as acting President.

NEWS 28 - President McCallum has officially addressed the reason he has been absent from the public for the last two weeks, delegating state visits and public engagements to Vice President Travis Loretti.

The President said that his family had "experienced a severe family medical emergency," but did not specify which family member experienced the family emergency. He did confirm that the medical scare did not involve him.

"As President of the United States Of Jesstopia, it is my duty, my obligation to answer to the Jesstopia people," said President McCallum during the live address. "As I have always said, family is very important to me and so is my duty a this country's leader. My absence in the last two weeks is nothing of suspicion and should not be taken that way. A member of my family has fallen very ill, and we were taking time off to be with them. I will not disclose which family member it was, but I can confirm that it was not me. We are still working to ensure a full recovery."
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President McCallum did say that he was back to full duty, and thanked Vice President Loretti for taking up the duties he had to put aside to focus on his family's health scare. He said that he will still hold his April meeting with King Georgie V of Polton.

NEWS 28 - New Shire Lt. Governor Micheal Wendtz has been pronounced dead, after a brief battle with cancer. He died a little after 12:30 PM at his home in Hillcrest, New Shire.

NEWS 28 - President McCallum early this morning signed 8 bills that will extend the 2024 Federal Budget and funding into August 2024. The extension comes as the federal Government proposed that it would run out of money by June. This is the first time in the history of the Jesstopian Government that this has happened.