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Trump’s vaccine order hands some MAHA voters a win. It also gives Democrats an attack line

By ALI SWENSON
Aug 12, 2026 7:18 am - President Donald Trump pivoted the nation’s attention back to vaccines this week with an executive order that aims to scale back the childhood immunization schedule and space out shots into separate visits.
Trump signs order calling for spacing out childhood vaccines, against medical groups' guidance

By ALI SWENSON
Aug 10, 2026 1:54 pm - President Donald Trump on Monday will sign an executive order calling for revamped childhood vaccine recommendations that promote his long-held belief that shots should be spaced out into separate medical visits, according to a White House fact sheet.
Trump announces staff secretary Will Scharf will be his new White House counsel

By The Associated Press
Aug 09, 2026 7:05 pm - WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump announced Sunday that his new White House counsel will be Will Scharf, the staff secretary who as the Trump-appointed head of the Nati...
Israel rejects Trump’s Gaza plan, more details emerge on the Strait of Hormuz and other Mideast news

By The Associated Press
Aug 09, 2026 2:59 pm - Israel on Sunday rejected a deal announced by U.S. President Donald Trump for Gaza. Details emerged on the potential deal between Iran and Oman on managing the Strait of ...
Hunter Biden says his father’s prostate cancer is causing him pain even as he continues to speak out

Aug 08, 2026 4:38 pm - Former U.S. President Joe Biden ’s prostate cancer has spread to other parts of his body and is causing him pain, even as he continues to speak out on public issues, his son Hunter said in an interview.
Russian attacks kill 4 in Kyiv and surrounding region as air defenses fall short

By VOLODYMYR YURCHUK
Aug 08, 2026 7:38 am - Four people, including a child, were killed in Russian attacks on the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, and the surrounding region, local officials said Saturday, as Ukraine hit another oil refinery in Russia.
Senators head for the exits without meeting Trump's demands for voting bill

By LISA MASCARO
Aug 08, 2026 7:35 am - Senators headed for the exits in the predawn hours Saturday, ending for now a crushing standoff over President Donald Trump's demands that they stay in session to pass a strict proof-of-citizenship voting bill before the summer recess.
Todd Blanche narrowly confirmed as Trump’s attorney general in overnight vote

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and LISA MASCARO
Aug 08, 2026 6:59 am - The Senate confirmed Todd Blanche as attorney general in a vote early Saturday morning, cementing President Donald Trump’s former personal attorney’s command of a Justice Department the Republican president has sought to bend to his will.
Trump administration moves ahead with efforts to fire Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook

By ERIC TUCKER and PAUL WISEMAN
Aug 07, 2026 9:12 pm - The Trump administration is moving ahead with its efforts to fire Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook, two months after the Supreme Court allowed her to retain her job while she fights the president’s effort to terminate her over mortgage fraud allegations that she has denied.
Democrats try to present a united front in Michigan after bitter primary

By JACQUELINE GANUN
Aug 07, 2026 8:25 pm - Michigan Democrats on Friday urged voters to rally behind their statewide candidates, three days after a bitter U.S. Senate contest highlighted divisions between the progressive and moderate wings of the party.

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