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In the news today: Takeaways from a contentious three-hour hearing between U.S. senators and Robert Kennedy Jr.; the showdown over Guatemalan children exposes fault lines in U.S. President Donald Trump's deportation push; and Putin says foreign troops deployed to Ukraine before any peace deal would be 'legitimate targets'. Also, the world's largest and most enduring iceberg is splintering into smaller pieces. |
Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. appears before the Senate Finance Committee, in Washington, Thursday. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein) |
Takeaways from RFK Jr.'s contentious hearing before Senate lawmakers
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A three-hour hearing between U.S. senators and Robert Kennedy Jr. devolved into multiple screaming matches Thursday as the nation's health secretary fended off accusations about sweeping changes he's made to vaccines, health care policy and leadership. Read more. |
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- Democratic senators pressed Kennedy on recent changes narrowing the approval of annual COVID-19 shots. He repeatedly disputed or denied their accusations. "I'm not taking them away from people," Kennedy said, noting that healthy Americans who want a shot should still be able to get one if a doctor prescribes one. Typically, Americans do not need to see a doctor for annual vaccine updates.
Kennedy could not be pinned down on basic facts and statistics, particularly when it came to vaccines and COVID-19. In an exchange with Sen. Mark Warner, Kennedy claimed nobody knows how many Americans have died from COVID-19 because of a lack of government data. Both the CDC and the World Health Organization have concluded that approximately 1.2 million Americans have died from the virus.
- Vaccine concerns were bipartisan. Senate Republicans were more aggressive with Kennedy than they have been with most of Trump's top officials, with several asking pointed questions about his efforts to limit access to vaccines.
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Chaotic showdown over Guatemalan children exposes fault lines in Trump's deportation push
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A reconstruction of the aborted deportation of dozens of Guatemalan children on Labor Day weekend illuminates the latest clash between the administration's desire for mass deportations and longstanding legal protections for migrants. A middle-of-the-night call to a judge allowed attorneys to block the flights for two weeks, but the episode has raised questions about how truthful the administration was in its initial accounts. Read more. |
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| A Guatemalan government report obtained by The Associated Press says that investigators found families for 115 children, and nearly 50 of them said they wanted their children to remain in the U.S., while 59 refused to cooperate with investigators. That undercuts the administration's claim that they wanted their children back in Guatemala , believing it would make it more likely their children could remain in the U.S.
A 2008 law requires children to appear before an immigration judge with an opportunity to pursue asylum, unless they are from Canada and Mexico. It is unclear how many children who boarded at Texas airports in Harlingen and El Paso over Labor Day weekend were allowed their day in court as required by the 2008 law.
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Putin says foreign troops deployed to Ukraine before any peace deal would be 'legitimate targets'
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Russian President Vladimir Putin said Friday that any foreign troops deployed to Ukraine before a peace agreement has been signed would be considered "legitimate targets" by Moscow's forces. Read more. |
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