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Susan Monarez, the ousted director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), has stood by her statement that she was fired after resisting changes to vaccine policy advanced by US health secretary, Robert F Kennedy Jr, that she believed contradicted scientific evidence. In an opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal, Monarez said she had been directed to …

On Sept. 4, 2025, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is scheduled to testify before the Senate Finance Committee, where he is expected to face questions about his vaccine policies. A few days prior, on Sept. 1, 2025, President Donald Trump demanded pharmaceutical companies to prove that COVID-19 mRNA vaccines work, saying that the CDC was “being …

After false starts, Oregon House passes transportation tax package  Oregon Capital Chronicle Oregon road funding bill, slightly slimmer, moves forward  Oregon Public Broadcasting – OPB Live updates: Day 3 of the Oregon special session on transportation funding  Statesman Journal More than 84K drivers could face new pay-per-mile fee  NewsNation Oregonians divided over $5.8B transportation plan as lawmakers prepare for Monday votes in Salem  KGW Source …

Google is officially debunking a series of reports that claimed Gmail has been hit with a “major” security issue in recent days. “We want to reassure our users that Gmail’s protections are strong and effective,” the company said in a somewhat unusual statement. “Several inaccurate claims surfaced recently that incorrectly stated that we issued a broad warning to all Gmail …

You know that feeling when everyone tells you something is impossible, so you never even try? That is what happened in chemistry for a hundred years. Students memorized a rule, one called Bredt’s rule, and then everyone obeyed it. Professors taught it. Nobody questioned it. And it was wrong. The team of chemists behind this study didn’t set out to …

Kevin Costner’s lawyer has already called out the sex harassment lawsuit from Horizon II stunt performer Devyn LaBella as a “shakedown,” and now, seeking to get the case dismissed, the Oscar winner himself is apparently going a step further. In a declaration filed Monday in L.A. Superior Court, Costner insists the May-filed claims of LaBella suffering through a rape scene …

Key points Scott Wolf made his first public comments since his contentious split from Kelley Wolf. The Party of Five star said that his ex made “deeply disturbing” false allegations about his treatment of their children. He also shared alleged text messages from Kelley that claimed her allegations were false. Scott Wolf is speaking out about the complexity of his …

Donald Trump falsely claimed that crime in Washington DC is “the worst it’s ever been” on Thursday, amid a federal takeover of the city’s police department and deployment of the national guard and federal agents in the city. “Washington DC is at its worst point,” Trump said from the Oval Office. “It will soon be at its best point.” He …

Trump repeats false claim that DC crime is ‘the worst it’s ever been’ The president has repeated the baseless claim that crime in the nation’s capital is the “worst it’s ever been”. He also described the situation as “tragic” and an “epidemic”. A reminder that data from the justice department shows that DC experienced a 30-year low in violent crime …

US immigration officers made false and misleading statements in their reports about several Los Angeles protesters they arrested during the massive demonstrations that rocked the city in June, according to federal law enforcement files obtained by the Guardian. The officers’ testimony was cited in at least five cases filed by the US Department of Justice amid the unrest. The justice …