President Trump signed an executive order on Friday, May 30, directing federal agencies to align their vaccine policies with a Januarv 2026 HHS studv that recommends reducina the number of routine childhood vaccines from 17 to 11 diseases, a restructuring long called for by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. The study was commissioned by Trump in December 2025 and found that the United States recommends more childhood vaccines than many peer nations. Under the new framework, all children would be routinelv vaccinated against 11 diseases, while vaccines for influenza, rotavirus, hepatitis A, hepatitis B, some forms of meningitis, and RSV would be recommended only for high-risk groups or through shared decision-making between parents and doctors. The order directs the CDC to review the study and take appropriate steps to update its guidance, tells agencies to provide maximum flexibility to parents and doctors, and states that any changes must ensure Americans retain their current access to vaccines.

The LA Times noted this is Trump's second attempt to restructure the childhood vaccine schedule, with an earlier effort to narrow CDC recommendations havinc been blocked in court earlier this vear. The new executive order takes a different approach by formally endorsing a completed HHS study and directing agency-level alianment rather than attempting to directlv revise the CDC schedule by administrative fiat, a structure that may be designed to survive the legal challenge that stoppec the first attempt. The CDC under its current leadership had already updated its recommendations earlier in 2026 to reduce the number of recommended immunizations from 17 to 11 in line with the HHS study, suggesting the formal executive order is as much a political codification of an existing administrative shift as a new directive.

The vaccines moved from universal recommendation to high-risk only include several with well-established safety and efficacy records. Hepatitis B vaccination, for example, is recommended universally from birth in the US because it prevents a leading cause of liver cancer, and the alobal evidence base for that recommendation is extensive. Rotavirus, influenza, and hepatitis A vaccines are also backed by decades of clinical and epidemioloaical evidence and are recommended universally by the World Health Organization and medica authorities in peer nations. Critics including the American Academy of Pediatrics and infectious disease researchers have said the changes could increase vaccine-preventable disease in children by creating ambiguity around which children qualify as high-risk and by reducing the routine clinical touchpoints where vaccinations are administered

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First lady Melania Trump said Thursday that "lies" linking her with the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein "need to end today," as she called on Congress to hold hearings to give Epstein survivors the chance to tell their stories publicly.

"The lies linking me with the disgraceful Jeffrey Epstein need to end today," the first lady told reporters during a 5-minute statement. "The individuals lying about me are devoid of ethical standards, humility and respect. I do not object to their ignorance, but rather I reject their mean-spirited attempts to defame my reputation."

Trump said that "I am not Epstein's victim," and that the late sex offender, who died in 2019 in a New York jail cell, did not introduce her to her husband, President Donald Trump.

“I have never had any knowledge of Epstein’s abuse of his victims,” she said. “I was never involved in any capacity. I was not a participant, was never on Epstein's plane and never visited his private island.”

She criticized “mean-spirited and politically motivated individuals and entities” for “the false smears about me.”

The first lady also called on Congress to provide those victimized by Epstein with a “public hearing specifically centered around the survivors.”

“Give these victims the opportunity to testify under oath in front of Congress with the power of sworn testimony,” she added. “Each and every woman should have her day to tell her story in public if she wishes.”

Overview: President Donald Trump is reportedly considering dropping a $10 billion lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) in exchange for the creation of a $1.7 billion government fund. This taxpayer-financed fund would be used to compensate political allies who claim they were unfairly targeted by the Biden administration’s "weaponization" of the legal system—including many individuals charged in connection with the January 6, 2021, Capitol riot.

Key Details of the Proposed Settlement:

• Jan 6. & Political Allies: The $1.7 billion fund would pay damages to Trump supporters who assert they were wrongfully prosecuted or harmed, which includes the nearly 1,600 people charged in the January 6th insurrection.
• Trump’s Compensation: The fund would also settle Trump's own $230 million legal claim against the Justice Department regarding the 2022 FBI search of his Mar-a-Lago estate and investigations into his 2016 campaign's alleged ties to Russia.
• IRS Concessions: In addition to the monetary fund, Trump would reportedly require the IRS to publicly apologize for the previous unauthorized disclosure of his personal tax returns (the origin of his $10 billion lawsuit) and to waive a current IRS audit into his finances.
• Legal Blueprint: The Justice Department is reportedly modeling this fast-tracked program after a historic 2011 class-action settlement fund (Keepseagle v. Vilsack), which previously compensated Native American farmers for systemic discrimination.

Backlash and Criticism: The proposal has sparked intense outrage from Democratic leaders and government ethics watchdogs. Critics are highly concerned about the ethics of a sitting president receiving substantial government funds from his own administration and distributing them to political allies. For instance, Senator Elizabeth Warren publicly condemned the move as an "insane level of corruption," characterizing it as a billion-dollar "slush fund" intended to reward insurrectionists while everyday Americans struggle with basic expenses.

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Reddit has been ordered to appear before a grand jury in Washington, D.C., as part of a federal effort to unmask anonymous online critics of the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.

According to a subpoena obtained by The Intercept, Reddit has until April 14 to provide a wide range of personal data on one of its users, whom U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents have been trying unsuccessfully to identify for more than a month.

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