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#1 RFK Jr. Overhauls Childhood Vaccine Schedule to Resemble Denmark’s in Unprecedented Move - NBC News, Secretary Kennedy/Deputy Secretary Jim O'Neill, MWal, Bob Badgley, NOfP-X, Dr Sherry Tenpenny and Bethany S. Mandel on X
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Monday announced an unprecedented overhaul of the childhood vaccine schedule that recommends fewer shots to all children. Under the change — effective immediately — the vaccine schedule will more closely resemble Denmark’s, recommending all children get vaccines for 11 diseases, compared with the 18 previously on the schedule. Senior Health and Human Services Department officials said the changes are meant to restore trust in public health that spilled over from the Covid pandemic. “The loss of trust during the pandemic not only affected the COVID-19 vaccine uptake. It also contributed to less adherence to the full CDC childhood immunization schedule, with lower rates of consensus vaccines such as measles, rubella, pertussis, and polio,” reads the scientific assessment that the agency based its decision on...
#2 Denmark’s Model of Fewer Shots Means Smarter Science - Tracy Beanz and Michelle Edwards for The HighWire, UncoverDC, Rob Schneider/Aaron Siri, Neil Stone/AP Associated Press/Brett Upward/jack bauer, and Leeza_Lee on X
When President Trump recently directed HHS Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr. and the CDC to review Denmark’s childhood vaccine schedule in December, he touched a third rail in American public health. The regular detractors called it dangerous. Others said it was anti-science. The truth? This move may be the most rational, measured, and child-centered directive in years. And long overdue. Specifically, Denmark vaccinates its children against ten diseases. The United States? Sixteen—until last week, when the CDC quietly dropped Hepatitis B from its universal childhood recommendations. The shift reflects a growing awareness that one-size-fits-all medicine might not be the best fit for the most vaccinated generation in human history, right here in the United States of America...#3 Mamdani’s Federal Security Clearance Still Pending as City Coordinates on Maduro Case - Adam Daly for AMNY, EyesWideOpen/Eyal Yakoby,
Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani/Angela.Kay, Arfa Khanum Sherwani/India Tweets, and Mamdani Watch/Silence Dogood on X
Mayor Zohran Mamdani said Monday that his federal security clearance remains pending but is moving forward as expected, as his administration coordinates with law enforcement following the detention of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro in Brooklyn and his prosecution in Manhattan. Mamdani was among several New York politicians who condemned the Trump administration’s unilateral decision to bomb Venezuela and apprehend Maduro and his wife, Cilia Florest, on a criminal indictment. Over the weekend, the new mayor described the operation as a “blatant pursuit of regime change,” calling it “an act of war and a violation of federal and international law.”
#4 If You Make Extra Cash From Gig Work or Selling Stuff Online, Trump and Congress Just Made Your Life a Little Easier With This Tax Change - Rebecca Holland for MSN Moneywise, Ryan Ellis/Lance Gooden, Windham Brannon, Antonio Moore, and Digital News for All on X
Online sellers and freelancers in the U.S. have found changes to the 1099-K reporting threshold headache-inducing at best over the past couple of years, but a recent change in IRS policy will come as a relief to many. Congress enacted a rule to change the 1099-K threshold for your 2025 taxes, meaning you should only receive a Form 1099-K if you receive more than $20,000 in gross payments on third-party networks or payment apps and you also conduct more than 200 transactions on a single platform within the tax year...
#5 Trump's Credit Card Cap Could Give Consumers $100 Billion in Savings - Charlie McCarthy for Newsmax, CHRISTINE J, Jimmy is Right, Off the Press, Warren Gunnels, and TheMidnightTribune on X
Late last year, Americans hit another milestone: total credit card debt reached a record $1.23 trillion, with the average household in hock for $9,326. Increasingly, Americans facing an affordability crisis are using their plastic to pay for basics like food and housing. And the cost of such credit is skyrocketing — only making the affordability problem worse. As of August 2025, the Federal Reserve reported the average interest rate on credit card accounts was 22.83%. Some consumers with low credit scores pay nearly 30%. During his 2024 presidential campaign, Donald Trump announced he would cap credit card rates at 10%...
#6 DHS Says Hilton Is Refusing to Let ICE Agents Stay at Hotels - KJ Hiramoto Fox11, Nick Sortor, Andrew Kolvet, Townhall Updates, DauntlessConservative, Blue Lives Matter, and Danica Tormohlen on X
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) took to social media to blast Hilton Hotels for allegedly refusing service to federal agents. "When officers attempted to book rooms using official government emails and rates, Hilton Hotels maliciously cancelled their reservations," DHS's social media post read. In the post, DHS shared apparent screenshots showing an email thread coming from a "@hilton.com" address. In the screenshot, the hotel group allegedly said in an email that Hilton has "found information about immigration work connected with your name, and we will be canceling your upcoming reservation."
#7 HHS to Close Biden-Era Loophole That Let States Pay Child Care Providers Without Counting Attendance - US Department of Health and Human Services, HHS Rapid Response/New York Post, Josh Christenson, The Conservative Read, Wall Street Apes/AIDigitalFlow: The Architect and குப்பைமேடு on X
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through its Administration for Children and Families, is rescinding a series of Biden-era child care rules that required states to pay providers before verifying attendance and before care was delivered. The change will roll back provisions in the 2024 Child Care and Development Fund rule that weakened oversight and increased the risk of waste, fraud, and abuse in federally-funded state child care — including programs now under investigation in Minnesota...
#8 Alleged JD Vance Home Vandal Is Son of Wealthy Doctor, Dem Donor — Who Recently Changed Name to Julia - Caitlin McCormack for New York Post, Mario Nawfal, Benny Johnson, Rod Dreher, Libs of TikTok, and Bo Loudon on X
The deranged, hammer-wielding alleged vandal accused of busting several windows at Vice President JD Vance’s home in Cincinnati is reportedly the son of a prominent millionaire family — and appears to have been going by “Julia” in recent weeks. William DeFoor, 26, was arrested early Monday after allegedly shattering four windows at Vance’s home. Police said DeFoor was attempting to break into the home around midnight. The Vances, who moved into the vice president’s official residence in Washington, DC, after the inauguration, were not in Ohio at the time.
#9 Corporation for Public Broadcasting Votes to Shut Itself After Funding Cuts - The Associated Press, Shore News Network, Clownfish TV, CordCuttersNews, The Hollywood Reporter, and Sarah Pustilnik on X
Leaders of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, a private agency that has steered federal funding to PBS, NPR, and hundreds of public television and radio stations across the country, voted Monday to dissolve the organization that was created in 1967.CPB had been winding down since Congress acted last summer to defund its operations at the encouragement of President Donald Trump. Its board of directors chose Monday to shutter CPB completely instead of keeping it in existence as a shell.“CPB’s final act would be to protect the integrity of the public media system and the democratic values by dissolving, rather than allowing the organization to remain defunded and vulnerable to additional attacks,” said Patricia Harrison, the organization’s president and CEO...
