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Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) blasted an executive order President Trump signed Monday that splits the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) shot across three separate visits. “I’m a doctor. This executive order is wrong. The President does not have the expertise to make these changes. Vaccines are overwhelmingly safe.…
A bipartisan group of House lawmakers introduced on Monday companion legislation to the Russia sanctions bill that passed the Senate earlier this month, a symbolic move but one that signals critical support. Reps. Michael McCaul (R-Texas) and Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) introduced the Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and…
President Donald Trump has signed an executive order overhauling the childhood vaccination schedule recommended by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in a move his administration says restores greater medical decision-making power to parents. The White House has branded the initiative the "Gold Standard Childhood Vaccine…
President Donald Trump has demanded that Iran compensate Americans killed or seriously injured in attacks he blames on Tehran, alongside payments to the families of Iranian protesters killed by the regime. His remarks came in direct response to senior Iranian officials, who had reportedly demanded compensation from Washington…
Joe Scarborough, host of MSNBC's "Morning Joe," has sharply criticised the Democratic Party for failing to distance itself from left-wing streamer Hasan Piker, arguing that reluctance to do so stems from an unwillingness to alienate progressive activists. He warned that if party leaders and candidates continue associating with…
Residents near Big Bend National Park in Texas say they have been blindsided after learning demolition crews have been using TNT for two weeks to blast bedrock in preparation for President Trump's planned expansion of the US-Mexico border wall, according to Border Patrol sources cited by the Daily…
Megan Romer, co-chair of the Democratic Socialists of America, struggled to give a clear definition of the organisation's tax policy when questioned during a New Yorker Radio Hour interview with David Remnick. Asked to explain what she meant by "taxing the hell out of millionaires," Romer repeatedly failed…
President Trump signed an executive order on Monday about vaccines, saying children should get fewer. His administration has been blocked in the courts from changing the vaccine schedule.
Republican Sens. Rand Paul (Ky.) and Ron Johnson (Wis.) on Monday released text messages Dr. Anthony Fauci sent and received in 2021 regarding the safety of the COVID-19 vaccine for pregnant women. Obtained from Fauci’s government cellphone, the text messages are among more than 34,000 on the device,…
An executive order signed by President Trump Monday would upend the childhood vaccine schedule by recommending splitting up the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) shot across three separate visits. The order builds on other efforts by Trump and Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to…