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CDC advisers to vote on dropping universal newborn hepatitis B vaccine

Thursday, September 18 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- An influential group of advisers for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention during a meeting on Thursday is considering dropping a longstanding recommendation to give all newborns a hepatitis B vaccination in the hospital.The CDC vaccine advisory committee, called ACIP, is... Read More.

House Speaker Johnson optimistic about vote to avert shutdown, but Democrats aren’t

Thursday, September 18 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- House Republicans plan to vote Friday morning on a short-term measure to fund the government as a shutdown deadline nears, hoping to keep pressure on Democrats who have signaled they will vote to shut down the government if Republicans don’t cave to... Read More.

Kamala Harris says Pete Buttigieg was top running mate pick, but risky move: The Atlantic

Thursday, September 18 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- Former Vice President Kamala Harris has written in her forthcoming memoir that she considered former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg as the top choice to be her running mate in her 2024 presidential campaign, according to excerpts of the book obtained by... Read More.

Trump says he’ll seek to designate antifa as ‘major terrorist organization’

Thursday, September 18 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- President Donald Trump said he would seek to designate antifa as a "major terrorist organization," saying that the far-left-wing group was "sick" and "dangerous."The president in a social media post said he would also "strongly recommend" that whoever funds the actions of... Read More.

Trump asks SCOTUS to let him remove Lisa Cook from Fed Reserve

Thursday, September 18 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- President Donald Trump has filed an emergency appeal with the United State Supreme Court seeking to stay a lower court order temporarily blocking the removal of Lisa Cook as governor on the Federal Reserve Board.This is a developing story. Please check back... Read More.

DC leaders push back against Trump’s ‘public safety emergency’ before Oversight Committee

Thursday, September 18 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- Washington, D.C.'s top elected leaders on Thursday warned that President Donald Trump's federal law enforcement surge has undermined public trust and threatened the city's autonomy, even as they pressed Congress to help the District rebuild its police force and fill critical judicial... Read More.

Recent DACA arrests raise alarm among legal advocates

Thursday, September 18 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- Recent arrests involving migrants who were brought to the country as children are raising concerns among some immigrant rights and legal advocates that the Trump administration is disregarding protections provided by an Obama-era program.An "Enforcement Tracker" organized by a coalition of... Read More.

Trump to leave Windsor Castle, meet Starmer on day 2 of UK state visit

Thursday, September 18 by ABC News

(LONDON) -- President Donald Trump will meet with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer at the latter's official country residence on Thursday, on the second day of a historic second state visit to the U.K. which saw Trump hosted by the royal family at Windsor... Read More.

RFK Jr. said ‘changes’ coming to the childhood vaccine schedule in September, according to Monarez

Wednesday, September 17 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- In August, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told then-CDC director Susan Monarez that changes would be coming to the childhood vaccination schedule in September, according to Monarez's testimony on Capitol Hill on Wednesday.Her comments allege Kennedy had already decided to... Read More.

Susan Monarez, former CDC director, tells Senate committee ‘true reason’ she believes she was fired

Wednesday, September 17 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- Former Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Susan Monarez on Wednesday said she was fired by President Donald Trump and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for "holding the line on scientific integrity."Monarez gave a detailed timeline before the... Read More.

CDC advisers to vote on dropping universal newborn hepatitis B vaccine

House Speaker Johnson optimistic about vote to avert shutdown, but Democrats aren’t

Kamala Harris says Pete Buttigieg was top running mate pick, but risky move: The Atlantic

Trump says he’ll seek to designate antifa as ‘major terrorist organization’

Trump asks SCOTUS to let him remove Lisa Cook from Fed Reserve

DC leaders push back against Trump’s ‘public safety emergency’ before Oversight Committee

Recent DACA arrests raise alarm among legal advocates

Trump to leave Windsor Castle, meet Starmer on day 2 of UK state visit

RFK Jr. said ‘changes’ coming to the childhood vaccine schedule in September, according to Monarez

Susan Monarez, former CDC director, tells Senate committee ‘true reason’ she believes she was fired

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