US vaccine advisers say not all babies need a hepatitis B shot at birth

NEW YORK (AP) — A federal vaccine advisory committee voted on Friday to end the longstanding recommendation that all U.S. babies get the hepatitis B vaccine on the day they’re born. A loud chorus of medical and
Day 4 of Luigi Mangione’s pretrial hearing is postponed because he’s sick, judge says

NEW YORK (AP) — A pretrial hearing on Luigi Mangione’s bid to exclude evidence from his state murder case was postponed Friday because the defendant is sick, his lawyers and the judge said. The hearing is slated
US vaccine committee scraps recommendation for hepatitis B shot in newborns

NEW YORK, Dec 5 (Reuters) – A group of vaccine advisers to U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Friday voted to remove the broad recommendation that all newborns in the U.S. receive a hepatitis B
US court says Trump can remove Democrats from two federal labor boards

By Daniel Wiessner Dec 5 (Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court on Friday said President Donald Trump had the power to fire Democratic members of two federal labor boards, a major victory in the Republican president’s bid
US vaccine committee scraps broad recommendation for hepatitis B shot in newborns

(Corrects paragraph two to say the motion passed 8 to 3, instead of 8 to 11) Dec 5 (Reuters) – A group of vaccine advisers to U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Friday voted to
How one Arkansas county helps ICE make hundreds of arrests and spreads fear among immigrants

ROGERS, Ark. (AP) — Northwest Arkansas has emerged as a hot spot in the Trump administration’s crackdown on illegal immigration, the result of one county’s partnership with Immigration and Customs Enforcement and aggressive traffic stops by police.
Another line of attack: White House sets up a hall of shame for news outlets

NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump’s White House is taking on the role of media critic and asking for help from “everyday Americans.” Over the Thanksgiving weekend, the White House launched a web portal it says
Trump’s security strategy slams European allies and asserts US power in Western Hemisphere

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s administration set forth a new national security strategy that paints European allies as weak and aims to reassert America’s dominance in the Western Hemisphere. The document released Friday by the White
The Latest: Supreme Court allows Texas to use map favoring Republicans in 2026

A divided Supreme Court has come to the rescue of Texas Republicans. Thursday’s ruling allows the state’s next congressional elections to use the GOP’s new map pushed by President Donald Trump despite a lower-court ruling that it
What boycotting looks like 70 years after the Montgomery Bus Boycott

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Doris Crenshaw was 12 years old on Dec. 5, 1955, when she and her sister eagerly rushed door to door in their neighborhood, distributing flyers prepared by activists planning a boycott of city