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Eyeing the Midterms, Kennedy Pivots Toward Food and Away From Vaccines

Feb 12, 2026Center Left

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who focused heavily on vaccine policy in 2025, will spend this year talking up healthy eating.

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Restrictive Medication Abortion and HPV Vaccine Laws Take Effect in 3 States

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Restrictive Medication Abortion and HPV Vaccine Laws Take Effect in 3 States

In Hawaii, provisions strengthening the state’s existing shield laws also take effect July 1.

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EXCLUSIVE: James Dolan steps away from Rangers, hands control of team to son Quentin

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EXCLUSIVE: James Dolan steps away from Rangers, hands control of team to son Quentin

EXCLUSIVE: James Dolan steps away from Rangers, hands control of team to son Quentin.

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'Simply staggering': Eyes widen as Jack Smith blows the whistle on 'American Gestapo'

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'Simply staggering': Eyes widen as Jack Smith blows the whistle on 'American Gestapo'

Former special counsel Jack Smith stunned online viewers by revealing how he prepared for prosecution by the Trump administration.During an appearance on MS NOW, Smith spoke about hiring lawyers when he left his job as a federal prosecutor because he led two criminal investigations into Donald Trump, including for his efforts to overturn the 2020 election and the discovery of classified documents at Mar-a-Lago."I resigned as special counsel. I know I need to get a lawyer because the president has said he wants to jail me for doing my job," Jack Smith explained. "And so I retain lawyers, as soon as that becomes public, the president and the Justice Department target that law firm."Online, viewers reacted to Smith's account of how his fears about the Trump administration came true. Veteran political scientist Norman Ornstein responded by describing the administration as "American Gestapo" in a post on X."The retribution is simply staggering," wrote civil rights lawyer Leslie Proll."We are in such high cotton here," reacted columnist Sophia A. Nelson. "And nobody in power who can stop him or his minions gives a d—.""What a refreshing example of an honest, moral and non political American hero," architect and political activist Mike Kihn wrote about Jack Smith. "He will not give in to Trump's attempt to intimidate because, like a legal first responder, he will run to danger, personal or otherwise, not away from it.""Now listen to the women who testified under oath that Trump r— them," posted journalist Robert Young Pelton. "Or listen to the testimony of those who spoke out from inside the Trump administration, like Miles Taylor."

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Kennedy Center rolling out $25,000 VIP rooftop tickets for July Fourth celebrations

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Kennedy Center rolling out $25,000 VIP rooftop tickets for July Fourth celebrations

The Kennedy Center is offering VIP tickets for a rooftop celebration on the Fourth of July, a move that comes after a federal judge sidelined the venue’s plans to start a two-year renovation on July 5. Prospective patrons can purchase the “Presidential” package for $25,000, with $18,912 of that cost being tax-deductible, according to the…

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Colorado proves Mamdani’s midterm wins were not a fluke

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Colorado proves Mamdani’s midterm wins were not a fluke

Socialist Melat Kiros soundly defeated 15-term incumbent Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) last night in the Democratic Socialists of America’s first test after its New York congressional sweep last month. The socialist insurgency proved its popularity beyond Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s five boroughs. “We will not wait to take the fight to Donald Trump and the oligarchy,” […]

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$Republican says Trump's top election priority 'dead' in Senate as GOP fractures ahead of midterms$

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Republican says Trump's top election priority 'dead' in Senate as GOP fractures ahead of midterms

Sen. Thom Tillis says the SAVE America Act lacks the funding and time to be implemented before midterm elections, calling the push "theater."

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Kennedy Center selling $25,000 ticket package to watch D.C. July 4th fireworks

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Kennedy Center selling $25,000 ticket package to watch D.C. July 4th fireworks

The Washington, D.C., fireworks show, which is sponsored by the Trump-backed organization Freedom 250, is not slated to begin until 10:30 p.m. or 11 p.m.

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