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CDC staff ‘blindsided’ as child vaccine schedule unilaterally overhauledJan 07, 2026 3:37 pm - Vaccine experts at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention were blindsided by a top deputy to Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s decision to unilaterally overhaul the childhood immunization schedule, according to current and former agency staff.
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White House publishes website that rewrites history of Jan. 6 attackJan 06, 2026 10:50 pm - The White House published a website Tuesday with a false telling of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack, underscoring President Donald Trump’s years-long effort to reshape the narrative surrounding the day when a mob of his supporters violently overran the U.S. Capitol to stop the certification of Joe Biden’s electoral college victory.
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Trump administration says it’s withholding social safety net money from Illinois, 4 other states over fraud concernsJan 06, 2026 9:10 pm - President Donald Trump’s administration said Tuesday that it is withholding funding for programs that support needy families with children in five Democratic-led states — including Illinois — over concerns about fraud.
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Abortion stays legal in Wyoming as its top court strikes down laws, including first US pill banJan 06, 2026 4:50 pm - Abortion will remain legal in Wyoming after the state Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that two laws barring the procedure, including the country’s first explicit ban on abortion pills, violate the state constitution.
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Thousands of mail-in ballots could be discounted under new post office policyJan 03, 2026 3:23 pm - A recent change to how the U.S. Postal Service says it postmarks letters could discount the ballots of thousands of last-minute voters.Many Americans have long assumed that tax returns, ballots and other mailed documents sent on deadline would be marked as sent the day they are dropped in a mailbox.
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‘What comes next?’ Democrats warn U.S. could be walking into a quagmire after Maduro captureJan 03, 2026 1:59 pm - Lawmakers lambast Maduro as a thug, dictator, and narco-terrorist but blast Trump for flouting Congress.
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Longtime Schaumburg Township deputy assessor succeeds LawsonJan 02, 2026 4:05 pm - For the first time in more than two decades, there’s a new Schaumburg Township assessor as 2026 begins. Victor Morales, who’s been chief deputy assessor since May 2018, succeeded 21-year incumbent John Lawson on New Year’s Day.
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Capitol riot ‘does not happen’ without Trump, Jack Smith told CongressDec 31, 2025 6:46 pm - The Jan. 6., 2021 riot at the U.S. Capitol “does not happen” without Donald Trump, former special counsel Jack Smith told lawmakers earlier this month in characterizing the Republican president as the “most culpable and most responsible person” in the criminal conspiracy to overturn the results of the 2020 election.
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Trump says he’s dropping push for National Guard in Chicago, LA and Portland, Oregon, for nowDec 31, 2025 4:30 pm - President Donald Trump said he’s dropping — for now — his push to deploy National Guard troops in Chicago, Los Angeles and Portland, Oregon, a move that comes after legal roadblocks hung up the effort.
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Bankruptcies soar as companies grapple with inflation, tariffsDec 27, 2025 4:37 pm - Corporate bankruptcies surged in 2025, rivaling levels not seen since the immediate aftermath of the Great Recession, as import-dependent businesses absorbed the highest tariffs in decades.