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What polls show about views on US childhood vaccine mandates
WASHINGTON (AP) — Most Americans say kids should be vaccinated to attend school. But as Florida plans to become the first state to eliminate childhood vaccine mandates, U.S. adults are also less likely to think these immunizations are important than they were several decades ago. Routine childhood vaccine rates are falling, and fewer Americans – particularly Republicans – now say…
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Watch as RFK Jr pressed on vaccines and CDC turmoil at Senate hearing
RFK Jr’s HHS controversies pile uppublished at 14:24 British Summer Time 14:24 BST Madeline HalpertUS Reporter Image source, Getty Images Since taking the helm at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in February, Kennedy has made a number of moves that have alarmed health experts and caused chaos at health agencies. A vaccine sceptic, Kennedy has attempted to…
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Trump says strike on Venezuelan gang will lead cartels to think twice
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Wednesday justified the lethal military strike that his administration said was carried out a day earlier against a Venezuelan gang as a necessary effort by the United States to send an unmistakable message to Latin American cartels. Asked why the military did not instead interdict the vessel and capture those on board, Trump…
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Louisiana prison chosen for immigration detainees due to its notoriety, says Noem | US immigration
The Trump administration purposefully chose a notorious Louisiana prison to hold immigration detainees as a way to encourage people in the US illegally to self-deport, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) secretary Kristi Noem said Wednesday. A complex inside the Louisiana state penitentiary, an immense rural prison better known as Angola, will be used to detain those whom Noem described as…
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How Venezuelans abroad feel the tension with the US
Facebook Tweet Email Link “They use us. Some use us as pawns in their political schemes, and others as collateral damage.” This is how Adelys Ferro, who works at an NGO that advocates for the rights of Venezuelan immigrants, sums up the feelings of many Venezuelans living abroad after witnessing the growing tension between Venezuela and the United States, amid…
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Federal officials to restore health and science data after lawsuit settlement
NEW YORK (AP) — Federal officials have agreed to restore health- and science-related webpages and data under to a lawsuit settlement with doctors groups and other organizations who sued. The settlement was announced this week by the lead plaintiffs in the case, the Washington State Medical Association. Soon after President Donald Trump’s inauguration, federal health officials deleted or removed information…
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Firefighters work to contain rapidly moving blaze in California gold mining town
TUOLUMNE COUNTY, Calif. (AP) — A quick-moving wildfire burned homes in a California Gold Rush town settled around 1850 by Chinese miners who were driven out of a nearby camp and the blaze grew without containment on Wednesday. The fire rapidly expanded to 10 square miles (26 square kilometers) in size, forcing the evacuation Tuesday of the Chinese Camp Town…
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D.C. grand jurors reject latest wave of Justice Dept. indictment requests
What was happening in the criminal case of Nathalie Rose Jones, who was facing charges in Washington, D.C., federal court this summer, wasn’t typical. A grand jury of Washington, D.C., citizens on Tuesday had denied the Justice Department’s request to indict Jones, who was accused of a federal crime for allegedly posting an Instagram threat against President Trump. In…
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Trump accuses Xi of conspiring against US with Putin and Kim
US President Donald Trump has accused Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping of conspiring against the US with the leaders of Russia and North Korea. Trump’s comments came as China hosted world leaders at its largest-ever Victory Day parade in Beijing on Wednesday – a showcase of China’s military might. In a post on Truth Social, Trump wrote: “Please give my warmest…
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After ruling against LA Guard use, Trump vows more deployments : NPR
Members of the California National Guard and U.S. Marines guard a federal building in June. Damian Dovarganes/AP hide caption toggle caption Damian Dovarganes/AP Hours after a federal court in California ruled against how President Trump used the National Guard in Los Angeles this summer, Trump touted his use of the National Guard in Washington, D.C., and said he would soon…
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