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RFK Jr.’s latest report calls for more scrutiny of vaccines, autism

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is imploring the nation's public health agencies to prioritize investigations of vaccine injuries, prescription drug use and the cause of autism in a new "Make America Healthy Again" report focused on children released Tuesday. The 20-page report, ...

Almanac for Sept. 10, 2025

Today is Wednesday, Sept. 10, the 253rd day of 2025. There are 112 days left in the year. Today in history: In 1991, the Senate Judiciary Committee opened hearings on the nomination of Clarence Thomas to the U.S. Supreme Court. The proceedings would become a watershed moment in the discussion ...

Britain, Land of the Unfree

When the Irish comedian Graham Linehan arrived at London Heathrow Airport this past weekend, he was greeted by five armed British police officers who arrested him for — get this — three rude tweets. Or, as Linehan wrote on his Substack, "I was arrested at an airport like a terrorist, ...

Chief justice lets Trump remove Federal Trade member for now

WASHINGTON (AP) — Chief Justice John Roberts on Monday let President Donald Trump remove a member of the Federal Trade Commission, the latest in a string of high-profile firings allowed for now by Supreme Court. Trump first moved to fire Rebecca Slaughter in the spring, but she sued and ...

Almanac for Sept. 9, 2025

Today is Tuesday, Sept. 9, the 252nd day of 2025. There are 113 days left in the year. Today in history: In 1971, prisoners seized control of the maximum-security Attica Correctional Facility near Buffalo, New York, taking 42 staff members hostage and demanding improvements to inmate ...

The feds defend their tortures again

While the public's attention this summer has been drawn to masked ICE agents arresting folks without warrants, presidentially imposed sales taxes on goods emanating from foreign countries that have been invalidated by three federal courts, and the fruitless Kabuki dance between President Donald ...