RFK Jr. is removing independent scientists from the CDC’s vaccine policy panel and putting his own people in charge. This shift means that the CDC’s vaccine guidance is no longer coming from independent experts it’s now under his direct control.

Larty Summers, quoted in The NYTimes. "In a string of posts on X on Thursday afternoon, Mr. Summers compared President Trump’s tariff policy to “what creationism is to biology, astrology is to astronomy, or RFK thought is to vaccine science.”"

BREAKING: Markets close worst day in years, battered by reaction to Trump's tariffs. MSNBC's @nicollewallace.bsky.social reports.

Fun watching French pres. Macron at a WH press conference correcting Trump on how much Europe has spent on Ukraine so far. Even though I find the displayed bromance between the two off-putting, I was glad Macron said he holds Putin responsible for all the war debts "since Russia is the aggressor."

"Texas authorities arrested a Jan. 6 rioter recently pardoned by President Trump on Thursday for online solicitation of a minor..." thehill.com/regulation/c...