NIH director, after Trump nominates RFK Jr. for HHS secretary, says discouraging vaccinations is ‘disturbing’

Discouraging Americans from being vaccinated is “very disturbing” and would result in “more severe illness and death in children,” a top U.S. health official told lawmakers Tuesday following President-elect Trump’s nomination of Robert F. Kennedy to lead the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.  National Institutes of Health Director Monica Bertagnolli made the comments…

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Trump assassination attempt task force subpoenas 2 ATF employees, alleging stonewalling

The congressional task force investigating the July and September assassination attempts against President-elect Donald Trump has accused the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) of stonewalling. The Task Force on the Attempted Assassination of Donald J. Trump on Monday issued subpoenas seeking testimony from ATF employees after the bureau had not responded to lawmakers’…

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US allies accuse Russia of ‘escalating hybrid activities’ against NATO, EU nations after data cables severed

U.S. allies in Europe allege Russia is “escalating hybrid activities” against NATO and EU nations following the severing of two data cables in the Baltic Sea.  The declaration comes as Moscow says Ukrainian forces have fired six U.S.-made missiles into Russian territory on Tuesday. In the two days beforehand, the cables linking Finland to Germany…

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