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Russia bans last anti-war party from September elections

Supreme Court blocks Yabloko from the ballot ahead of September's election.

Russia's Supreme Court barred the liberal Yabloko party from the September ballot for parliament's lower house. The ruling blocks one of the few Russian parties openly calling for an end to fighting in Ukraine.

ContextFounded in 1993, Yabloko is Russia's oldest liberal party and the only one to publicly oppose the invasion of Ukraine. It has held no Duma seats since 2003. Its ban leaves no legal path for anti-war voters in September's election.

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Trump signs order cutting childhood vaccine recommendations, cites debunked autism link

The order creates a tiered system pushing RSV, hepatitis A and B shots to 'high-risk' children only, and recommends splitting the MMR vaccine.

President Donald Trump signed the order Monday, calling for fewer childhood vaccines and a tiered schedule that limits RSV and hepatitis A and B shots to children at higher risk. It also recommends splitting the combined measles, mumps and rubella vaccine, while Trump cited a discredited link between vaccines and autism.

ContextThe order directs the Health and Human Services Department to reassess vaccine sequencing and timing within 90 days. It does not directly change school-immunization rules, which states—not the federal government—set.

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  1. Russia bans last anti-war party from September elections: Supreme Court blocks Yabloko from the ballot ahead of September's election.
  2. Trump signs order cutting childhood vaccine recommendations, cites debunked autism link: The order creates a tiered system pushing RSV, hepatitis A and B shots to 'high-risk' children only, and recommends splitting the MMR vaccine.

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1.) BLOOMBERG: Russia bans last anti-war party from September elections

Supreme Court blocks Yabloko from the ballot ahead of September's election.

2.) CBS NEWS: Trump signs order cutting childhood vaccine recommendations, cites debunked autism link

The order creates a tiered system pushing RSV, hepatitis A and B shots to 'high-risk' children only, and recommends splitting the MMR vaccine.

Key changes in the order:

  • RSV, hepatitis A and hepatitis B vaccines would be recommended only for children at higher risk.
  • The combined MMR vaccine would be split into three separate shots once those products are available.
  • The order recommends vaccines for 11 diseases for all children; the American Academy of Pediatrics recommends vaccines against 18.

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  1. THE NEW YORK TIMES: Colombia earthquake kills over 100

    A 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck western Colombia on Monday, killing more than 100 people, according to President Abelardo De La Espriella. The temblor was centered in the Pacific Coast region, and the Colombian Geological Survey said it was the strongest earthquake recorded in the country in a decade.

  2. THE WASHINGTON POST: Netanyahu Rejects Trump's Gaza Plan

    Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected the Trump administration's 15-point 'Board of Peace' plan, which called for Hamas to disarm and Israeli forces to withdraw from Gaza in tandem. 'Israel does not accept the 15-point document,' Netanyahu said.

  3. AP: Blanche Sworn In as Attorney General

    Todd Blanche, Trump's former criminal defense lawyer, was sworn in as attorney general at the White House after Senate Republicans narrowly confirmed him. Federal Judge Emil Bove—another former Trump defense attorney—administered the oath.