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The CDC's vaccine schedule recommends COVID vaccines for children through 'shared clinical decision-making.' There is no recommendation for pregnant women.

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CDC recommends parents talk to a doctor about getting COVID-19 shots for kids

RFK Jr. announced this week that the federal government is removing the recommendation that kids and pregnant women get routine COVID-19 vaccines. But CDC advice is more nuanced.
President Trump and his billionaire adviser Elon Musk listen to a question from a reporter in the Oval Office on Friday, as Musk concludes his role leading Trump's Department of Government Efficiency.

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Politics

Elon Musk is leaving the federal government. What's next for DOGE?

Elon Musk is leaving the Department of Government Efficiency effort. His 130 day tenure was marked by legal setbacks, overstated savings claims and little evidence DOGE made things more efficient.

Elon Musk is leaving the federal government. What’s next for DOGE?

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Paul Ingrassia Official Portrait (DHS Photo by )

Paul Ingrassia is currently serving as the White House liaison to the Department of Homeland Security. Tia Dufour/U.S. Department of Homeland Security hide caption

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Investigations

Trump nominates official with ties to antisemitic extremists to lead ethics agency

President Trump nominated Paul Ingrassia to lead the Office of Special Counsel, a government agency that enforces ethics law and protects whistleblowers, despite Ingrassia's links to extremists.
Smoke rises from wildfire in Flin Flon, Manitoba, Canada May 27, 2025. A wildfire emergency in western Canada has spread to another province as thousands of people flee their homes.

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National

Billowing smoke from Canadian wildfires wafts into the U.S.

The Manitoba wildfires have forced 17,000 people to flee the province. Plumes of heavy smoke are expected to drift into the United States over Friday and Saturday, affecting millions of Americans.
Displaced Palestinians including women and children living in tents receive food distributed by aid organizations in al Mawasi district of Khan Yunis, Gaza on May 30, 2025 The situation highlights the growing desperation and urgent need for humanitarian assistance in the besieged enclave.

Displaced Palestinians including women and children living in tents receive food distributed by aid organizations in al Mawasi district of Khan Yunis, Gaza on May 30, 2025 The situation highlights the growing desperation and urgent need for humanitarian assistance in the besieged enclave. Abed Rahim/Anadolu via Getty Images hide caption

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Middle East crisis — explained

Food for Gaza decays in Jordan warehouses as Israel restricts aid

Food aid is moldering in warehouses in Jordan, the main hub for humanitarian aid to Gaza. Other foods and medicines are loaded on trucks that have waited for months at Israeli border crossings.

Israel bars aid from entering Gaza from Jordan

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Paula Baille leads the group of Sharon Hannamaker, Joe Edwards, Barb Edwards, and Murray Small in a playing of the bells.

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Treatments

Memory cafes offer camaraderie and fun for people with dementia — and their caregivers

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'Memory cafes' are small social gatherings for individuals with dementia — and their caregivers, too. As public health funding shrinks, memory cafes are cheap to run and can offer measurable benefits.

Memory cafes offer camaraderie and fun for people with dementia — and their caregivers

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Clockwise left to right: Ana de Armas as Eve in Ballerina. Elio (voiced by Yonas Kibreab) and a liquid supercomputer (voiced by Shirley Henderson) in the new Pixar movie Elio. Archie Madekwe and Théodore Pellerin in Lurker. David Corenswet as Superman. Danielle Deadwyler in 40 Acres. Aubrey Plaza as MG Falcone and Margaret Qualley as Honey O’Donahue in Honey Don't!

Clockwise left to right: Ana de Armas as Eve in Ballerina. Elio (voiced by Yonas Kibreab) and a liquid supercomputer (voiced by Shirley Henderson) in the new Pixar movie Elio. Archie Madekwe and Théodore Pellerin in Lurker. David Corenswet as Superman. Danielle Deadwyler in 40 Acres. Aubrey Plaza as MG Falcone and Margaret Qualley as Honey O'Donahue in Honey Don't! Murray Close/Lionsgate, Disney/Pixar, MUBI, Alon Amir/Warner Bros. Pictures, Magnolia Pictures, Focus Features. hide caption

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Movies

11 movies to watch this summer: Sequels, a new 'Superman,' and edgy originals, too

The coming months will bring a 28 Days Later sequel and a new John Wick movie starring Ana de Armas. Midsommar's Ari Aster has a new Western thriller, and Pixar goes intergalactic.

What's coming in theaters this summer

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Benicio Del Toro as Zsa-Zsa Korda and Mia Threapleton as Liesl in The Phoenician Scheme.

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Movie Reviews

Wes Anderson peers into the hollowness of extreme wealth in 'The Phoenician Scheme'

Benicio Del Toro plays a globe-trotting tycoon trying to convince his estranged daughter (Mia Threapleton) to be his heir. The film is darker, angrier and more violent than Anderson's usual fare.

Wes Anderson peers into the hollowness of extreme wealth in 'The Phoenician Scheme'

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Demi Lovato: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert

Recorded on a sunny spring day in her Los Angeles backyard, Demi Lovato sings "Tell Me You Love Me" and two songs from Dancing With The Devil...The Art Of Starting Over.
Alawiya Zakaria and one-year-old Sabba

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Goats and Soda

A mother's courage saved her 1-year-old

Before fighting broke out over two years ago, Khartoum had nearly 100 public and private medical facilities. Today, not a single one remains operational.

No hospitals: How war collapsed the health care system of one city

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A view from Monogram Mesa, Colorado, to the La Sal mountains in Utah. This region in Colorado’s West End, large parts of which are managed by the BLM, once supported a booming uranium and vanadium mining economy.

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Trump wants to move agencies out of DC, here's how it went in his first term

 CPR News

President Trump set an April 14 deadline for federal agency reorganization plans, suggesting relocating offices out of D.C. to save money. But an agency move to Colorado in Trump's first term failed.
Joe Walsh, who lives with Alzheimer’s Disease, was accompanied by his wife Karen to an appointment at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. Joe Walsh is receiving an experimental therapy to treat Alzheimer’s Disease.

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Treatments

Can this nasal spray slow down Alzheimer's? One couple is helping scientists find out

Joe Walsh is the first Alzheimer's patient to be treated with an experimental nasal spray designed to reduce inflammation in the brain.

Alzheimer's and inflammation

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Photo collage of one hand coming into the frame from the bottom right corner holding a credit card. A hand holding a credit card reader reaches down from the top left-hand corner. The backdrop shows green clouds on solid blue.

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Life Kit

5 smart habits to keep you out of credit card debt

Stay on top of your monthly payments and avoid costly fees and interest charges with these smart credit card strategies.

Avoid debt with these credit card tips

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Valerie the mini dachshund, at home in mid-May.

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Animals

After 529 days alone in the Australian bush, Valerie the mini dachshund is home

Valerie ran off while she was on a camping trip with her owners back in 2023 on a remote island in Australia. They had lost hope until locals spotted her more than a year later, surviving in the wild.

After 529 days alone in the Australian bush, Valerie the mini dachshund is home

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A photograph shows two pink frames covered in sparkly heart, star and smiley face stickers, each holding a photograph of two friends. On the left the frame shows a photo of two children wearing party hats, one with red hair and one with blonde hair, that's slightly out of focus. On the right, the photo shows the same people posing for a photograph as young adults, symbolizing a long-term friendship progressing and enduring over the years.
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Life Kit

The secret to staying BFFs? Don't keep score

To maintain old friends, focus less on what they're doing (or not doing) for the relationship and focus on your own efforts, says Nina Badzin, host of a friendship podcast.

How to keep old friends

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